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1What kind of language style and literary devices are used in "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"?
- AEconomy of language and symbolism.
- BArgot, cant and colloquial.
- CDialect and Jargon.
- DPidgin and Vernacular.
2The plot of "The Snows of Kilimanjaro is based on" (You can choose more than one option):
- AA conversation between a man and his wife about an illness.
- BA person who reveals his/her true feelings and reveals a new talent.
- CA person's current life as a writer who never finished writing about the things that he/she really wanted to write about.
- DA long journey towards the mount Kilimanjaro that ended with the main character's death,
3Harry's death can be understood as a pessimistic conclusion
- ATrue
- BFalse
4"I [blank_start]suppose[blank_end] what I did was to [blank_start]forget[blank_end] to put [blank_start]iodine[blank_end] on it when I first [blank_start]scratched[blank_end] it. Then I didn't pay any attention to it because I never [blank_start]infect[blank_end]. Then, later, when it got bad, it was [blank_start]probably[blank_end] using that weak [blank_start]carbolic solution[blank_end] when the other [blank_start]antiseptics[blank_end] ran out that paralyzed the minute [blank_start]blood vessels[blank_end] and started the [blank_start]gangrene[blank_end]." He looked at her, "What else'"
- Asuppose
- Bforget
- Ciodine
- Dscratched
- Einfect
- Fprobably
- Gcarbolic solution
- Hantiseptics
- Iblood vessels
- Jgangrene
5"If we would have [blank_start]hired[blank_end] a good mechanic [blank_start]instead of[blank_end] a half-baked Kikuyu [blank_start]driver[blank_end], he would have checked the [blank_start]oil[blank_end] and never burned out that bearing in the [blank_start]truck[blank_end]."
- Ahired
- Btammed
- Ccalled
- Dinstead of
- Ealthough
- Feven though
- Gnevertheless
- Hdriver
- Iteacher
- Jdoctor
- Ksurgeon
- Loil
- Mgas
- Npetrol
- Oair
- Ptruck
- Qcar
- Rboat
- Sairplane
6It was [blank_start]snow[blank_end] too that fell all Christmas [blank_start]week[blank_end] that year up in the Gauertal, that year they lived in the woodcutter's [blank_start]house[blank_end] with the big square porcelain stove that filled half the room, and they slept on mattresses filled with beech [blank_start]leaves,[blank_end] the time the deserter came with his feet bloody in the snow. [blank_start]He[blank_end] said the police were right behind him and they gave him woolen [blank_start]socks[blank_end] and held the gendarmes talking until the tracks had drifted over.
- Asnow
- Bice
- Csnowflake
- Dsun
- Eweek
- Fmonth
- Gyear
- Hseason
- Ihouse
- Jtower
- Kbridge
- Lpalace
- Mleaves
- Ntrees
- Obees
- Peagles
- QHe
- RThey
- SShe
- TI
- Usocks
- Vt-shirts
- Wjeans
- Xties
7What is the name of the country in which Mount Kilimanjaro is located?
- ATanzania
8Select the correct event
- AJul 21, 1899 Birth of Ernest Hemingway
- BJul 22, 1890 Birth of Ernest Hemingway
- CJun 28, 1728 Birth of Ernest Hemingway
- D1905 Boy in Girls' Clothes
- E1907 Normal dressing
- F1906 Beginning of a new life
- GApr 30, 1918 WWI Ambulance Driver
- HApr 30, 1918 WWI Professional writer
- IApr 30, 1918 WWI Professional actor
- JJul 8, 1918 Hemingway Wounded in Battle
- KJul 8, 1918 Hemingway Died in Battle
- LJul 8, 1918 Hemingway Won in Battle
- MDec 10, 1954 Nobel of Peace Prize
- NDec 10, 1954 Nobel or Poetry Prize
- ODec 10, 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature
9Place the correct part in the following plot diagram
- AInciting incident
- BFirst plot point
- COther plot points
- DClimax
- EResolution
10Harry, Helen, Compton and Ernest are the main characters in the novel.
- ATrue
- BFalse
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- English test for checking your acquired knowledge after reading the book "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"
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