Patrick Hemingway - Quiz
Patrick Hemingway
  • 1. What is the title of the book published in 1999 that Patrick Hemingway edited from his father's 'Africa book'?
A) True at First Light
B) A Moveable Feast
C) Green Hills of Africa
D) Valley of Life: Africa's Great Rift
  • 2. When did Ernest Hemingway and his fourth wife Mary go on their East Africa expedition?
A) Late 1943 to early 1944
B) Late 1949 to early 1950
C) Late 1953 to early 1954
D) Late 1959 to early 1960
  • 3. What was one of the purposes of Ernest and Mary Hemingway's East Africa expedition?
A) To hunt big game exclusively for a museum
B) To write a biography about Patrick
C) To establish a permanent African residence
D) To visit Patrick and his wife
  • 4. What unfortunate event happened toward the end of Ernest Hemingway's Africa trip?
A) He contracted a severe case of malaria
B) His safari camp was completely destroyed by a fire
C) He was in two successive plane crashes
D) He lost all his manuscripts in a river
  • 5. What medical issue did Ernest sustain during the plane crashes that went largely undiagnosed until he left Africa?
A) A fractured rib
B) A severe head injury
C) A broken collarbone
D) A torn ligament in his knee
  • 6. Where was the original manuscript of 'True at First Light' housed before Patrick edited it?
A) British Library
B) Library of Congress
C) Ernest Hemingway Foundation Museum
D) John F. Kennedy Library Hemingway Archives
  • 7. How much did Patrick reduce the original 800-page manuscript of 'True at First Light'?
A) He did not reduce the page count
B) Down to half the size
C) Down to one hundred pages
D) Down to a quarter of the size
  • 8. Where does Patrick describe his familiarity with the events of the African expedition?
A) In Dear Papa
B) In the foreword to True at First Light
C) In the introduction to Green Hills of Africa
D) In a personal letter to Mary
  • 9. Whose introduction did Patrick contribute to the 1990 edition of 'Green Hills of Africa'?
A) Ernest Hemingway
B) An anonymous editor
C) Mary Hemingway
D) John F. Kennedy
  • 10. Which book's 1991 edition featured an introduction by Patrick Hemingway?
A) Valley of Life: Africa's Great Rift
B) True at First Light
C) Hemingway on Hunting
D) A Farewell to Arms
  • 11. Which posthumous collection from 2003 contains a foreword written by Patrick?
A) Green Hills of Africa
B) A Moveable Feast
C) Dear Papa
D) Hemingway on Hunting
  • 12. Which 2003 posthumous collection, alongside 'Hemingway on Hunting', features a foreword by Patrick?
A) Valley of Life: Africa's Great Rift
B) True at First Light
C) Dear Papa
D) Hemingway on War
  • 13. What did Patrick write a foreword for in the year 2009?
A) The special edition of A Farewell to Arms
B) The biography of Mary Hemingway
C) The first edition of True at First Light
D) The restored edition of A Moveable Feast
  • 14. For which book's 2012 special edition did Patrick write a personal foreword containing all 47 alternative endings?
A) Green Hills of Africa
B) A Moveable Feast
C) Hemingway on War
D) A Farewell to Arms
  • 15. What is the title of the collection of correspondence published by Patrick in 2022?
A) Letters from Africa
B) Dear Papa
C) The Hemingway Family Papers
D) True Letters
  • 16. What does the book 'Dear Papa' consist of?
A) Letters between Ernest and Mary Hemingway
B) Correspondence between Patrick and his father
C) Publisher notes from the JFK Library
D) Unpublished short stories by Ernest Hemingway
  • 17. Who was Ernest Hemingway's fourth wife, who accompanied him to East Africa?
A) Hadley
B) Pauline
C) Mary
D) Martha
  • 18. What did Ernest Hemingway eventually do with the manuscript of 'True at First Light' in Cuba?
A) Published it immediately
B) Sent it to Patrick to finish alone
C) Set it aside
D) Burned it
  • 19. What literary characteristic describes the blend found within 'True at First Light'?
A) Poetry and prose
B) Comedy and tragedy
C) Mythology and history
D) Fact and fiction
  • 20. When was Patrick Miller Hemingway born?
A) September 2, 1963
B) June 28, 1928
C) September 2, 2025
D) June 28, 1950
  • 21. What was Patrick Hemingway's profession in addition to being a writer?
A) Architect
B) Doctor
C) Wildlife manager
D) Engineer
  • 22. Who was Patrick Hemingway's mother?
A) Pauline Pfeiffer
B) Martha Gellhorn
C) Carol Thompson
D) Henrietta Broyles
  • 23. How many years did Patrick Hemingway live in East Africa?
A) Ten years
B) Twenty-five years
C) Fifty years
D) Twelve years
  • 24. Which university did Patrick Hemingway graduate from in 1950?
A) Harvard University
B) Canterbury School
C) Stanford University
D) Yale University
  • 25. Where was Patrick Hemingway born?
A) Bozeman, Montana
B) Kansas City, Missouri
C) New Milford, Connecticut
D) Key West, Florida
  • 26. Who did Ernest Hemingway marry after divorcing Patrick's mother?
A) Martha Gellhorn
B) Pauline Pfeiffer
C) Henrietta Broyles
D) Carol Thompson
  • 27. Which school did Patrick graduate from in 1946 before attending university?
A) Mweka Wildlife College
B) Canterbury School
C) Harvard University
D) Stanford University
  • 28. What was the name of Ernest Hemingway's boat that Patrick helped crew to hunt for German U-boats?
A) Dar-es-Salaam
B) Key West
C) Tanganyika
D) Pilar
  • 29. Who was Patrick Hemingway's first wife?
A) Carol Thompson
B) Martha Gellhorn
C) Pauline Pfeiffer
D) Henrietta Broyles
  • 30. Who was Patrick Hemingway's second wife?
A) Henrietta Broyles
B) Carol Thompson
C) Pauline Pfeiffer
D) Martha Gellhorn
  • 31. In which city did Patrick Hemingway die?
A) Kansas City, Missouri
B) Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
C) Bozeman, Montana
D) Key West, Florida
  • 32. How old was Patrick Hemingway when he died?
A) 85
B) 97
C) 50
D) 100
  • 33. What did Patrick study at his mother's plantation in Piggott, Arkansas?
A) History
B) Agriculture
C) Fine Arts
D) Literature
  • 34. What was the name of the safari business Patrick started in 1955 near Mount Kilimanjaro?
A) Pilar Safari Company
B) Bozeman Safari Adventures
C) Tanganyika Safari Business
D) Mweka Wildlife Enterprise
  • 35. Which international organization appointed Hemingway to teach conservation and wildlife in Tanzania?
A) UNESCO
B) World Health Organization
C) United Nations
D) Red Cross
  • 36. For how many years did Patrick teach conservation at the College of African Wildlife Management?
A) 25 years
B) 12 years
C) 5 years
D) 10 years
  • 37. In what year did Ernest Hemingway die?
A) 1961
B) 1999
C) 1963
D) 1950
  • 38. In what year did Patrick's first wife Henrietta die?
A) 1975
B) 1961
C) 1950
D) 1963
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