Books & Authors: Identify the author of ‘‘A Farewell to Arms’’. Which writer authored the celebrated war novel ‘‘A Farewell to Arms’’ about an American ambulance driver in World War I? Choose the correct option.

Topic: Books and Authors — 20th-century literature.

• Given: Identify the author of the novel ‘‘A Farewell to Arms’’.
• Target: Choose the correct author from the options.

Concept/ApproachRecall standard literary attributions: ‘‘A Farewell to Arms’’ is a World War I novel by the American writer Ernest Hemingway.

VerificationPublished in 1929, the novel draws on Hemingway’s own service as an ambulance driver on the Italian front and is one of his best-known works.

Common pitfallsConfusing Hemingway with contemporaries like F. Scott Fitzgerald (‘‘The Great Gatsby’’) or John Steinbeck (‘‘The Grapes of Wrath’’).

Final AnswerAuthor: Ernest Hemingway.