Book Five, Chapters 38-41.

Study Questions: Craft answers based on the details in the novel.

29.  What kind of family life does Frederic hint he has had (near the last page of Chapter 39)?  In what sense does Catherine want to "ruin" Frederic at the end of Chapter 39?  Does she succeed? (Hint: Revisit this question after you finish the novel and know what happens to them.)

30.  Toward the end of Chapter 23, Frederic remembers two lines from Andrew Marvell's poem

, "To His Coy Mistress."  What are the next two lines of that poem, and are they relevant to Frederic's feelings at the end of the novel?  
    What rushes Frederic and Catherine in the Milan hotel?  What rushes them at the very end of Chapter 40?

31.  Even today, labor may last up to 20 hours or longer.  As you read about the baby's birth, list what things seem believable and what things seem far-fetched about the delivery.  Why would Hemingway have Frederic administering "gas" to Catherine about a third of the way into the last chapter, for instance, and in the middle of the chapter?

32.  Was Frederic right about the world killing everyone (near the middle of Chapter 34) or when he compares the world to the ants on a fiery log in his campfire one time, about two-thirds of the way through the last chapter? 

33.  In the end, is what happens to Catherine "ironic" or a "dirty trick"?  Who or what, according to the world view in this novel, is playing this dirty trick on her?  How is her attitude at the end different from Frederic's?

34.  In summary, what meaning(s) does the title of the novel have?  (List as many as you can think of, then rank them with the most likely on top.)