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Hemingway's Nick Adams Trivia Quiz

These questions deal with some of the characters, places, and events in the fictional life of Ernest Hemingway's recurring character, Nick Adams.

A multiple-choice quiz by fja0485. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
fja0485

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
88,608

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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383

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which one is not a Nick Adams story? Hint

Fathers and Sons

Now I Lay Me

The Last Good Country

Soldier's Home

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Question 2 of 10

2. In "The Killers," Nick Adams enters a diner in a particular town. What is the name of the town?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. In the Nick Adams series of stories, which one actually takes place the night before the action of "Indian Camp"?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 4 of 10

4. In "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife", what religion does Nick's mother practice?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 5 of 10

5. In "The Three Day Blow", Nick spends an evening talking and drinking with a friend. What is the friend's name? Hint

George

Bill

Tom

Jake

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Question 6 of 10

6. In "Ten Indians", who tells Nick of having seen Prudence Mitchell "threshing around" with Frank Washburn? Hint

Joe Garner

Nick's father

Carl Garner

Billy Tabeshaw

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Question 7 of 10

7. In "The End of Something", Nick has broken off his relationship with Marjorie. After Marjorie leaves, who emerges from the woods to talk to Nick?

Answer: (One Word)

8. In his book "A Moveable Feast", Hemingway described one Nick Adams story as being about the war, despite there being no mention made of the war in the story. To what story was Hemingway referring? Hint

The Revolutionist

A Way You'll Never Be

Big Two-Hearted River

In Another Country

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Question 9 of 10

9. In a World War I vignette from the collection "In Our Time" that starts "Nick sat against the wall...," Nick has been wounded. He sits alongside fellow soldier Rinaldi. Nick tells Rinaldi that they have made which one of the following? Hint

an unlucky decision

a good show

a separate peace

a dreadful mistake

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Question 10 of 10

10. In "The Battler", Bugs tells Nick that the boxer, Ad Francis, encountered trouble when people started to believe which one of the following? Hint

Ad had been in prison

Ad had married his own sister

Ad drank too much

Ad mistreated Bugs

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which one is not a Nick Adams story?

Answer: Soldier's Home

"Soldier's Home" is a story about a World War I veteran struggling to adjust to life back in the U.S. The main character is Harold Krebs.

2. In "The Killers," Nick Adams enters a diner in a particular town. What is the name of the town?

Answer: Summit

In "The Killers", Nick is held hostage along with two of the diner employees. Two hitmen are searching for a boxer who frequents the diner. Nick ultimately warns the boxer, who decides not to run away.

3. In the Nick Adams series of stories, which one actually takes place the night before the action of "Indian Camp"?

Answer: Three Shots

Nick is left alone in a tent while his father and his Uncle George go night fishing. A rifle is left for Nick, and he is supposed to fire it in the event of an emergency in order to summon his father back to camp.

4. In "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife", what religion does Nick's mother practice?

Answer: Christian Scientist

Mrs. Adams' religion is something of an irony because Nick's father is a doctor. It is a fitting irony, for it underscores the disagreement between them.

5. In "The Three Day Blow", Nick spends an evening talking and drinking with a friend. What is the friend's name?

Answer: Bill

Nick and Bill discuss baseball, books, and matters of the heart.

6. In "Ten Indians", who tells Nick of having seen Prudence Mitchell "threshing around" with Frank Washburn?

Answer: Nick's father

When Nick hears the disturbing news about his sweetheart, he goes to bed convinced that he is heartbroken. However, the next morning, the pain is gone, apparently teaching Nick that survival depends upon holding tight against pain.

7. In "The End of Something", Nick has broken off his relationship with Marjorie. After Marjorie leaves, who emerges from the woods to talk to Nick?

Answer: Bill

Nick and Bill will discuss the end of the relationship in "The Three Day Blow", and a reader might get the impression that Nick is not completely certain that he has done the right thing in ending the relationship with Marjorie.

Answer: Big Two-Hearted River

Nick is the World War I veteran home once again, trying to reestablish himself emotionally and mentally. He goes on a fishing trip alone. His behavior is methodical as he strives to put order back into his life.

Answer: a separate peace

Hemingway's collection "In Our Time" contains stories interspersed with vignettes that vividly describe oftentimes violent or tragic scenes. Some describe battles,the aftermath of warfare, bullfighting, and social unrest.

10. In "The Battler", Bugs tells Nick that the boxer, Ad Francis, encountered trouble when people started to believe which one of the following?

Answer: Ad had married his own sister

Nick meets the punchdrunk boxer Ad and his companion Bugs after being tossed off a train which he had hopped. Ad Francis occasionally gets unruly and therefore dangerous, so Bugs must subdue him, usually with a rap on the head.

Source: Author fja0485

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