English reading comprehension test

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English test for checking your acquired knowledge after reading the book "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"
Rubén Mauricio Muñoz Morales
Quiz by Rubén Mauricio Muñoz Morales, updated more than 1 year ago
Rubén Mauricio Muñoz Morales
Created by Rubén Mauricio Muñoz Morales about 8 years ago
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Question 1

Question
What kind of language style and literary devices are used in "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"?
Answer
  • Economy of language and symbolism.
  • Argot, cant and colloquial.
  • Dialect and Jargon.
  • Pidgin and Vernacular.

Question 2

Question
The plot of "The Snows of Kilimanjaro is based on" (You can choose more than one option):
Answer
  • A conversation between a man and his wife about an illness.
  • A person who reveals his/her true feelings and reveals a new talent.
  • A person's current life as a writer who never finished writing about the things that he/she really wanted to write about.
  • A long journey towards the mount Kilimanjaro that ended with the main character's death,

Question 3

Question
Harry's death can be understood as a pessimistic conclusion
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 4

Question
"I [blank_start]suppose[blank_end] what I did was to [blank_start]forget[blank_end] to put [blank_start]iodine[blank_end] on it when I first [blank_start]scratched[blank_end] it. Then I didn't pay any attention to it because I never [blank_start]infect[blank_end]. Then, later, when it got bad, it was [blank_start]probably[blank_end] using that weak [blank_start]carbolic solution[blank_end] when the other [blank_start]antiseptics[blank_end] ran out that paralyzed the minute [blank_start]blood vessels[blank_end] and started the [blank_start]gangrene[blank_end]." He looked at her, "What else'"
Answer
  • suppose
  • forget
  • iodine
  • scratched
  • infect
  • probably
  • carbolic solution
  • antiseptics
  • blood vessels
  • gangrene

Question 5

Question
"If we would have [blank_start]hired[blank_end] a good mechanic [blank_start]instead of[blank_end] a half-baked Kikuyu [blank_start]driver[blank_end], he would have checked the [blank_start]oil[blank_end] and never burned out that bearing in the [blank_start]truck[blank_end]."
Answer
  • hired
  • tammed
  • called
  • instead of
  • although
  • even though
  • nevertheless
  • driver
  • teacher
  • doctor
  • surgeon
  • oil
  • gas
  • petrol
  • air
  • truck
  • car
  • boat
  • airplane

Question 6

Question
It was [blank_start]snow[blank_end] too that fell all Christmas [blank_start]week[blank_end] that year up in the Gauertal, that year they lived in the woodcutter's [blank_start]house[blank_end] with the big square porcelain stove that filled half the room, and they slept on mattresses filled with beech [blank_start]leaves,[blank_end] the time the deserter came with his feet bloody in the snow. [blank_start]He[blank_end] said the police were right behind him and they gave him woolen [blank_start]socks[blank_end] and held the gendarmes talking until the tracks had drifted over.
Answer
  • snow
  • ice
  • snowflake
  • sun
  • week
  • month
  • year
  • season
  • house
  • tower
  • bridge
  • palace
  • leaves
  • trees
  • bees
  • eagles
  • He
  • They
  • She
  • I
  • socks
  • t-shirts
  • jeans
  • ties

Question 7

Question
What is the name of the country in which Mount Kilimanjaro is located?
Answer
  • Tanzania

Question 8

Question
Select the correct event
Answer
  • Jul 21, 1899 Birth of Ernest Hemingway
  • Jul 22, 1890 Birth of Ernest Hemingway
  • Jun 28, 1728 Birth of Ernest Hemingway
  • 1905 Boy in Girls' Clothes
  • 1907 Normal dressing
  • 1906 Beginning of a new life
  • Apr 30, 1918 WWI Ambulance Driver
  • Apr 30, 1918 WWI Professional writer
  • Apr 30, 1918 WWI Professional actor
  • Jul 8, 1918 Hemingway Wounded in Battle
  • Jul 8, 1918 Hemingway Died in Battle
  • Jul 8, 1918 Hemingway Won in Battle
  • Dec 10, 1954 Nobel of Peace Prize
  • Dec 10, 1954 Nobel or Poetry Prize
  • Dec 10, 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature

Question 9

Question
Place the correct part in the following plot diagram
Answer
  • Inciting incident
  • First plot point
  • Other plot points
  • Climax
  • Resolution

Question 10

Question
Harry, Helen, Compton and Ernest are the main characters in the novel.
Answer
  • True
  • False
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