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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does dinner with Brett, Mike, Cohn, and Bill remind Jake of dinners during the war?
(a) There is wine, ignored tension, and foreboding of what is to come.
(b) There is camaraderie between friends.
(c) There are arguments, hurt feelings, and fear.
(d) There is a feeling that it will be their last dinner together.

2. What did Frances say that Robert did to his secretary at Frances' request?
(a) He mentioned her in his first novel.
(b) He promoted her to an editorial position.
(c) He got rid of her to please Frances.
(d) He gave her an increase in pay.

3. Robert Cohn falls asleep in Jakes office and talks in his sleep. What does he say?
(a) He says that his life is passing him by. He's losing his way.
(b) He says that he doesn't want it to happen to him.
(c) He says that he can't do it. Nothing will make him do it.
(d) He says that he has to go to South America. He just has to.

4. What does Brett say about Cohn after she tells him that she and Jake want to be alone?
(a) She says that she is very fond of him and that it could lead to something more.
(b) She says that she is sick of him and he has behaved very badly.
(c) She says that she is going away with Cohn for good.
(d) She says that she is leaving Mike for Cohn.

5. Bill Gorton says that Vienna "is a strange city". What city does he compare it to?
(a) Paris
(b) Rome
(c) New York
(d) Barcelona

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jake tell Cohn about Brett when he inquires about her?

2. Jake meets Brett and Mike at the Dingo and Mike is a bit drunk. What does Mike ask Jake at the time?

3. What is the weather like when Jake and Bill arrive in Burguete?

4. How does Jake react when Brett tells him she was in San Sebastian with Cohn?

5. While eating lunch at Wetzels's, Jake asks Cohn how his writing is progressing. What is Cohn's reply?

(see the answer key)

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