Assignment Grade ______

Name _____________________

Date _______________________

A Soldier’s Home
By Ernest Hemingway
Literature Book pp. 650-659

READ page 650 about the author Ernest Hemingway.

1. Hemingway’s fiction presents a strict code of heroism.

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2. His vision centers on disillusionment_________________________ with the conventions

of an _optimistic_____________________, patriotic_________________________
society and a belief that the essence of life is _violence from which there’s no
refuge.____________________________.

3. Hemingway launched a new style of writing so forceful in it’s simplicity that it became a
measure excellence around the world.
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4. He was born in the _Chicago suburb of Oak Park on July 21,

1899___________________________________________________.

5. Hemingway _boxed__________________ and played _basketball_________________

devotedly.

6. What year did he graduate high school? __1917___________

7. Why was he rejected from the army? Because of a boxing injury to his eye.
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8. He landed a job as a _reporter__________________ for the Kansas City

Star_____________________________.

9. Who became the model for the heroine of his novel A Farewell to Arms? The nurse that
he fell in love with.
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10. In 1926, he published The Sun also Rises____________________________________, a

novel based on his life in Paris but transplanted Pamplona
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11. Many readers of Hemingway’s age embraced the book as a portrait of their shattered
lives. ___________________________________________.

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 12. Which two books revealed his fascination with bullfighting and big-game hunting?
a. Death in the Afternoon_______________________________________
b. Green Hills of Africa_______________________________________

13. Which novel won him the Pulitzer Prize? The Old Man
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14. On the morning of ___________________________, he rose early and with two charges
of a __________________________________________, he killed himself.
Define the following VOCABULARY WORDS from the story.

15. Elaborately- with great care.

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16. Hysteria – uncontrolled excitement.

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17. Atrocity- horrible or brutal.

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18. Apocryphal – questionable authority.

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19. Exaggeration- overstatement.

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20. Alliances- close associations for common objectives.

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21. Intrigue- scheming.

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22. Consequences- results of an action.

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23. Engagements- battles.

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24. Nauseated- feeling sickness.

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READ pp. 634-639.

Answer the following questions in complete sentences. RESTATE the question.
You will NOT receive credit for phrase answers.
EACH OF THE 6 QUESTIONS BELOW COUNT 8 POINTS EACH.

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 25. What is the significance of Kreb’s father still having the same car? (p. 654)
right column, 2nd paragraph It shows that even after the war, nothing in that town
changed a besides the girls getting older.
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26. What is an internal conflict that Krebs seems to be struggling with in this
passage? (p. 655) right column
The internal conflict he is dealing with was not being able to go back to Germany
and see the girls over there.
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27. Based on the conversation on page 655, right column, why do you think this sister
is Kreb’s favorite? That sister is his favorite because he could have fun with her.
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28. On page 655, right column, what does Mrs. Kreb’s statement suggest about
Harold’s relationship with his father? It suggests that Harold doesn’t love his
dad.
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IRONY means to say one thing but mean another.

29. What is ironic about the concern Mrs. Krebs expresses for her son? (p. 657)
That she is telling him that it is time to move on and go get another job.
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30. Why does Krebs say that he does not love anybody? (p. 658) right column he said
that because the father didn’t care what he did.
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