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  Ernest Hemingway: A Glimpse into His Life   top quiz  
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See what you know about the life of one of America's greatest writers, Ernest Hemingway.
Average, 10 Qns, alaspooryoric, Aug 04 16
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  Ernest Hemingway   popular trivia quiz  
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A man of adventure, romance, and intelligence describes this man to the fullest. Have fun and good luck with some intriguing questions over this American writer.
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Earnest Hemingway Trivia Questions
1. Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in which Illinois city?

From Quiz Ernest Hemingway

Answer: Oak Park

Ernest Hemingway had five siblings that all grew up in Oak Park under the care of his parents, Grace and Clarence Hemingway.

2. Early in the First World War (before the U.S. joined the war), in which country did Ernest Hemingway get a job as an ambulance driver?

From Quiz Ernest Hemingway

Answer: Italy

After his ambulance service to Italy, he was drafted into the U.S. Army. Here he traveled with the 4th Infantry Division under the 22nd Regiment as a T/4 sergeant in charge of the classification section. (Basically his job was to replace depeleted rifle companies with new soldiers.)

3. How many different wives did Ernest Hemingway have during his lifetime?

From Quiz Ernest Hemingway

Answer: 4

Ernest Hemingway married four women during his life, Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gellhorn, Mary Welsh.

4. Ernest Hemingway had how many children?

From Quiz Ernest Hemingway

Answer: 3

He had John (Jack) with Hadley Richardson, and Patrick and Gregory with Pauline Pfeiffer.

5. Which novella won Ernest Hemingway the Pulitzer Prize in 1953, and essentially clinched his winning of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954?

From Quiz Ernest Hemingway

Answer: The Old Man and the Sea

All of these were written by Hemingway, but were much earlier than 1953. 'To Have and Have Not' was published in 1937, 'A Farewell to Arms' was published in 1929, and 'In Our Time' (a collection of short stories) was published in 1924.

6. With which famous writer of the same time period, did Ernest Hemingway make friends?

From Quiz Ernest Hemingway

Answer: Francis Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald helped Ernest Hemingway with his writing career by introducing him to his editor.

7. Which did Ernest Hemingway NOT do?

From Quiz Ernest Hemingway

Answer: Spy on the new highly improved German technology

Although it seems Hemingway did everything, there is no evidence that he was ever a spy against Germany or any other nation.

8. How did Ernest Hemingway's life come to an end?

From Quiz Ernest Hemingway

Answer: Suicide with a shotgun in Idaho

Hemingway died in his home in Idaho on July 2, 1961. He was suffering from high blood pressure and liver problems at this time. He also underwent electroconvulsive therapy for his depression and paranoia.

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