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Death of Ernest Hemingway (writer)
  • 1. When did Ernest Hemingway die?
A) 1961
B) 1980
C) 1955
D) 1972
  • 2. What age was Hemingway when he died?
A) 72
B) 54
C) 68
D) 61
  • 3. What was the name of Hemingway's fourth wife at the time of his death?
A) Mary Welsh
B) Pauline Pfeiffer
C) Martha Gellhorn
D) Hadley Richardson
  • 4. What was the title of Hemingway's first novel?
A) The Sun Also Rises
B) A Farewell to Arms
C) For Whom the Bell Tolls
D) The Old Man and the Sea
  • 5. What literary award did Hemingway win in 1954?
A) Pulitzer Prize
B) National Book Award
C) Man Booker Prize
D) Nobel Prize in Literature
  • 6. In which war did Hemingway serve as an ambulance driver?
A) World War I
B) Vietnam War
C) Spanish Civil War
D) World War II
  • 7. What was the title of Hemingway's memoir published posthumously in 1964?
A) Death in the Afternoon
B) A Moveable Feast
C) Across the River and Into the Trees
D) Green Hills of Africa
  • 8. Which of Hemingway's novels is set during the Spanish Civil War?
A) For Whom the Bell Tolls
B) The Sun Also Rises
C) To Have and Have Not
D) A Farewell to Arms
  • 9. In which year was Hemingway awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 'The Old Man and the Sea'?
A) 1960
B) 1953
C) 1948
D) 1975
  • 10. Which literary movement is Hemingway associated with?
A) Transcendentalism
B) Romanticism
C) Lost Generation
D) Beat Generation
  • 11. What was the title of Hemingway's only full-length play?
A) A Clean Well-Lighted Place
B) The Old Man at the Bridge
C) The Fifth Column
D) The Killers
  • 12. Which Hemingway novel features the character Nick Adams?
A) The Garden of Eden
B) In Our Time
C) Islands in the Stream
D) Across the River and Into the Trees
  • 13. What was Hemingway's profession before becoming a full-time writer?
A) Soldier
B) Engineer
C) Teacher
D) Journalist
  • 14. What was the title of Hemingway's second novel published in 1929?
A) For Whom the Bell Tolls
B) The Old Man and the Sea
C) The Sun Also Rises
D) A Farewell to Arms
  • 15. Which island did Hemingway live on in the 1940s before moving to Idaho?
A) Fiji
B) Hawaii
C) Jamaica
D) Cuba
  • 16. Which of Hemingway's works features the character Santiago?
A) The Old Man and the Sea
B) The Sun Also Rises
C) For Whom the Bell Tolls
D) A Farewell to Arms
  • 17. What was the cause of Hemingway's death?
A) Cancer
B) Car accident
C) Heart attack
D) Suicide
  • 18. Which of Hemingway's sons also died by suicide?
A) Patrick Hemingway
B) Gregory Hemingway
C) Pauline Hemingway
D) Jack Hemingway
  • 19. In which European city was Hemingway born?
A) Paris, France
B) Madrid, Spain
C) Vienna, Austria
D) Oak Park, Illinois
  • 20. Who was Hemingway's first wife?
A) Mary Welsh
B) Martha Gellhorn
C) Hadley Richardson
D) Pauline Pfeiffer
  • 21. Who was depicted as the protagonist in Hemingway's novel 'A Farewell to Arms'?
A) Jake Barnes
B) Santiago
C) Frederic Henry
D) Robert Jordan
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