The Paris Wife quiz: 24 questions by Meredith

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Questions pertaining to Paula McLain's novel .

Elizabeth “Hadley” Richardson was Ernest Hemingway’s ______ wife.

first
second
third
fourth

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Hadley met Hemingway in ______.

Paris, France
Toronto, Canada
St. Louis, MO
Chicago, IL
New York, NY

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Hadley’s only occupation was playing the ______.

violin
piano
flute
fool

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Hadley was ____ years old when she first meets Hemingway.

14
18
21
28
35

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When Hadley meets Hemingway, she was ____.

already an old maid
already engaged
already married
already divorced

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Hadley’s _____ commits suicide.

mother
father
sister
brother

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In what country Hemingway was wounded during World War I while volunteering for the American Red Cross?

France
Germany
Italy
Austria
Russia

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What term of endearment do Hadley and Hemingway use for each other most frequently?

Tatie
Tootsie
Tiny
Sweetie

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How do Hadley’s and Hemingway’s friends and family feel about their decision to marry?

They think it’s a great idea.
They think it’s a bad idea.

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How does Hadley first feel about Paris ?

She loves it.
She hates it.

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What happens when Hadley, Hemingway, and Chink decide to take the Great St. Bernard Pass into Italy?

Hadley wears the wrong shoes.
Hadley discovers she is pregnant.
Hadley falls and breaks her leg.
Hadley decides to take the train instead.

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What is in the suitcase that Hadley allows to get stolen when traveling to meet Ernst in Switzerland?

six months’ worth of rent money
the couple's marriage license, birth certificates, and passports
all the couple's love letters
all Hemingway’s manuscripts

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Hadley and Hemingway are fans of what type of racing?

bicycle
horse
automobile

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How many children did Hadley and Hemingway have?

1
2
3
8

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Did Hadley get pregnant on purpose despite knowing her husband thought children would hurt his career?

no
yes

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What was Hadley’s and Hemingway’s nickname for their son John?

Gatsby
Johnny
Jay
Kitty
Sonny
Bumby

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Where was their son born?

Paris
Toronto
St. Louis
Madrid

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Bumby gets seriously ill with ____.

whooping cough
tuberculosis
scarlet fever
pneumonia

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What writer did Hemingway not pal around with in Paris?

T.S. Eliot
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gertrude Stein
Ezra Pound

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When Hemingway turns their trip to Pamplona into his novel The Sun Also Rises, what does he do to Hadley?

makes fun of her
portrays her as a drunk
divorces her
has her suffer a miscarriage
leaves her out entirely
turns her into his mistress

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Where do Hadley and Hemingway (and Bumby) vacation in the winter?

Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Quebec

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With whom did Hemingway have an affair besides with the occasional prostitute?

Zelda Fitzgerald
Marie Cocotte
Gertrude Stein
Pauline Pfeiffer
Duff Twysden

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Hadley agrees to give Hemingway a divorce if he doesn’t see his mistress for how many days?

50
60
100
180

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Whom does Hadley marry at the end of the novel?

Sherwood Anderson
Paul Mowrer
Chink Dorman-Smith
Gerald Murphy

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