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A Farewell to Arms

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About the Author

Formative Years
Education
Literary Writing
Honors and Awards

About the Novel

Introduction
A Brief Synopsis
List of Characters
Character Map

Summaries And Commentaries

Book One: Chapter I
Book One: Chapter II
Book One: Chapter III
Book One: Chapter IV
Book One: Chapter V
Book One: Chapter VI
Book One: Chapter VII
Book One: Chapter VIII
Book One: Chapter IX
Book One: Chapter X
Book One: Chapter XI
Book One: Chapter XII
Book Two: Chapter XIII
Book Two: Chapter XIV
Book Two: Chapter XV
Book Two: Chapter XVI
Book Two: Chapter XVII
Book Two: Chapter XVIII
Book Two: Chapter XIX
Book Two: Chapter XX
Book Two: Chapter XXI
Book Two: Chapter XXII
Book Two: Chapter XXIII
Book Two: Chapter XXIV
Book Three: Chapter XXV
Book Three: Chapter XXVI
Book Three: Chapter XXVII
Book Three: Chapter XXVIII
Book Three: Chapter XXIX
Book Three: Chapter XXX
Book Three: Chapter XXXI
Book Three: Chapter XXXII
Book Four: Chapter XXXIII
Book Four: Chapter XXXIV
Book Four: Chapter XXXV
Book Four: Chapter XXXVI
Book Four: Chapter XXXVII
Book Four: Chapter XXXVIII
Book Four: Chapter XXXIX
Book Four: Chapter XL
Book Four: Chapter XLI

Character Analyses

Frederic Henry
Catherine Barkley

Critical Essays

Weather Symbolism
The Hemingway Influence

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1:  Which war serves as the background for A Farewell To Arms?

a. Spanish civil war

b. World War I

c. World War II

d. Mexican-American War
2:  For which country’s army does American Frederic Henry serve?

a. Italy’s

b. Germany’s

c. Mexico’s

d. Spain’s
3:  What countries does Frederic Henry’s army oppose during the novel?

a. France and Spain

b. Mexico and Spain

c. France and Germany

d. Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany
4:  Where is Catherine Barkley from?

a. Mexico

b. Australia

c. America

d. Scotland
5:  What is the main geographical dichotomy in the book?

a. A contrast of land and sea

b. A contrast of mountains and plains

c. A contrast of desert and wetlands

d. A contrast of cold climates and warm climates
6:  What army group does Henry supervise?

a. Ambulance drivers and mechanics

b. Machine gun operators

c. Army mail carriers

d. Army supply clerks
7:  Henry is wounded most severely in the

a. arm

b. leg

c. head

d. shoulder
8:  Both Henry and Catherine are sent to a hospital in which city?

a. Seville

b. Marseilles

c. San Antonio

d. Milan
9:  Henry is afraid of what?

a. The dark

b. Thunderstorms

c. Spiders

d. Snakes
10:  The pistol that Henry buys in Milan is used to

a. grant Catherine a means of self-defense

b. wound Henry

c. kill a deserter

d. take a German hostage
11:  Into what country do Henry and Catherine flee?

a. France

b. Switzerland

c. America

d. Belguim
12:  What happens to Henry and Catherine’s child?

a. It is raised by Catherine.

b. It is stillborn.

c. It dies as an infant.

d. It is adopted at birth.
13:  Who said the following: “You’ll never get married . . . You’ll fight before you marry…You’ll die then. Fight or die. That’s what people do . . . Maybe you’ll be all right, you two. But watch out you don’t get her in trouble. You get her in trouble and I’ll kill you . . . I don’t want her with any of those war babies.”

a. Helen Ferguson

b. Catherine Barkley

c. Rinaldi

d. Frederick Henry
14:  Who said the following: “I’m afraid of the rain because sometimes I see myself dead in it…And sometimes I see you dead in it.”

a. Helen Ferguson

b. Catherine Barkley

c. Rinaldi



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