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