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Ernest Hemingway
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In ___, Hemingwya was hailed by the NYT as the most important writer since the death of who | 1950 Shakespeare |
| Hemingway was more than a writer, he was an icon of | supermasculinity |
| He was born when, and was often dressed in what | July 21, 1899 dressed in girls clothing |
| his mother had given up dreams of being a _____ and his father was an avid | opera singer outdoorsman |
| as a child, Hemingway would whip himself so his ____ didn't have to | momma |
| Hemingway used his uncle's connections wat the _________________ to get work as a cub reporter | Kansas City Star |
| He was rejected by who for having defective ______, and he volunteered with the Red Cross of _____ as an ________ | US Army vision Italy ambulance driver |
| while recuperating from an injury, his love affair with Agnes von Kurowsky inspired the novel | A Farewell to Arms |
| After his breakup with Agnes and being kicked out of his parents' house, he moved to Chicago where he met his first wife ___ | Hadley Richardson |
| The couple moved to ______ as Hemmingway got a job as a _____________ | Paris foreign correspondent |
| ______________, the godmother of his first son, was instrumental in introducing him to the literary works of his new city. She coined the phrase "The ____ Generation" to describe the generation of ex-pats after WWI | Gertrude Stein Lost |
| He taught Ezra Point how to ______ in exchange for help in navigating the ___________ | box literary world |
| In ____, Hadley lost all of Hemingway's ______ while on a trip to Austria | 1923 manuscripts |
| Hemingway named his firstborn son after ____________, a famoud matador | Nicador Villata y Serres |
| Hemingways ____ style was ground breaking and hailed by critics but he considered his style _____ | minimalist awkward |
| Hadley befriended Pauline Pfeiffer, a socialite who worked for the Paris branch of ______ | Vogue |
| When faced with the affair, Hadley asked Hemingway to break off the affair for ____ days | 100 |
| Pauline and Hemingway moved to _____, where he smuggled rum and won many fishing competitions | Key West |
| He converted to ________ for Pauline | Catholicism |
| His marriage to Pauline went downhill, especially after Pauline was told that she should not what? | conceive any more children |
| In 1933, he went on a hunting safari in ___. _______ cut his trip short | Africa Dysentery |
| _______, Hemingways 3rd wife, basically moved in with the Hemingway family, similar to what Pauline had done to Hadley | Martha Gellhorn |
| Hemingway left to cover the _________, where he sided with the Spanish Republicans | Spanish Civil War |
| His grim portrayal of this war echoed in what novel | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| In 1939, he and Gellhorn moved to ________ where he met ______, the captain of Pilar (fishing boa) | Cuba Gregorio Fuentes |
| __________, his 4th wife, was the opposite of Gellhorn | Mary Welsh |
| 2 tragedies, the deaths of _________ and ___________, took their toll on Hemingway | his mother Pauline |
| The Old Man and the Sea became known as his defining work, and he won the _______ in _______ | Pulitzer 1954 |
| he suffered two ___ crashes and was incorrectly reported _____ | plane dead |
| In _______ he won the Nobel Prize for ____ | 1954 Literature |
| After the start of the Cuban Revolution, Hemingway moved to Idaho, where he started work on his memoir, _____ | A Moveable Feast |
| Seeking help for his depression, Hemingway underwent _____________ several times | electric shock therapy |
| Hemingway passed of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on _________, __ | July2, 1961 |