About The Author

Question 1

In what suburb/city was Ernest born and raised?

Answer 1

Oak Park/Chicago, Illinois

Question 2

In what area was his mother talented? She could have likely made a career out of it.

Answer 2

Music/Singing

Question 3

When Ernest graduated from high school, he didn’t go to college; instead, he became a newspaper reporter for six months in what city?

Answer 3

Kansas City (for the Kansas City Star)

Question 4

In what country did Ernest serve as an ambulance driver during World War One?

Answer 4

Italy

Question 5

With whom did Hemingway fall in love while recovering from his injury during World War One?

Answer 5

Agnes

Question 6

Hemingway’s love affair with his nurse in World War One served as the inspiration for what novel?

Answer 6

Farewell to Arms

Question 7

What was the first name of Hemingway’s first wife with whom he had much in common?

Answer 7

Hadley

Question 8

After marrying his first wife, where did they move within a year, a city that he came to view as “a moveable feast”?

Answer 8

Paris

Question 9

What was the name of Hemingway’s first son, born during a period that seemed to be one of the happiest of his life even though he was poor?

Answer 9

Jack, nicknamed Bumby

Question 10

In addition to cafes, what famous bookstore did Hemingway frequent where he met other young authors?

Answer 10

Shakespeare and Company

Question 11

What name was given to the group of authors and artists living in Europe after World War One, often confused and searching for meaning in life?

Answer 11

Lost Generation

Question 12

What author who wrote Great Gatsby became a friend of Hemingway?

Answer 12

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Question 13

What author/friend of Hemingway became famous for using a style known as stream-of-consciousness, exemplified in his novels Ulysses and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man?

Answer 13

James Joyce

Question 14

Who was the owner of the bookstore that helped Hemingway and some of his fellow authors with publishing advice and assistance?

Answer 14

Sylvia Beach

Question 15

What art and literary critic was a mentor and patron of Hemingway and may have originated the term “Lost Generation”?

Answer 15

Gertrude Stein

Question 16

What was the first name of Hemingway’s second wife, a writer for Vogue magazine and a model?

Answer 16

Pauline

Question 17

Where did Hemingway and his second wife live for over a decade with six-toed cats, a large swimming pool, and a hangout called Sloppy Joe’s?

Answer 17

Key West, Florida

Question 18

While living with his second wife, Hemingway’s routine would be to write in the morning and hang out at Sloppy Joe’s in the evening. What would he often do in the afternoon?

Answer 18

Go fishing

Question 19

What was Hemngway’s third wife, a fellow reporter with a critical viewpoint?

Answer 19

Martha

Question 20

Hemingway’s ons-ite reporting of the Spanish Civil War inspired him to write what novel?

Answer 20

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Question 21

What was Hemingway’s first successful novel, a story about the European travels and adventures of young men trying to figure out life after World War One?

Answer 21

The Sun Also Rises

Question 22

While traveling in Spain, Hemingway became interested in what gruesome sport/activity?

Answer 22

Bullfighting

Question 23

Hemingway was in Paris ahead of the Allied troops at the end of World War Two, leaving a note for them about where to find wine and cheese. He signed the note with what nickname that everyone would recognize?

Answer 23

Papa

Question 24

What is the Hemingway curse that affected many members of his family and Hemingway himself?

Answer 24

Suicide

Question 25

What was the name of Hemingway’s fourth wife who remained supportive and protective of him and his legacy?

Answer 25

Mary

Question 26

Where did Hemingway live during World War Two when he served as a submarine scout for the US military?

Answer 26

Cuba

Question 27

In what state did Hemingway live at the time of his death? He is buried there, removed from the public eye.

Answer 27

Idaho

Question 28

Hemingway converted to what religion when he married his second wife?

Answer 28

Catholicism

Question 29

What term describes the protagonist of many of Hemingway’s stories, a man of honor, courage, and endurance?

Answer 29

Code Hero