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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Brett doesn't show up at the Hotel Crillon, Jake takes a cab to the Select. Who asks him to sit down when he arrives?
(a) Harvey Stone
(b) Brett Ashley
(c) Robert Cohn
(d) Braddocks

2. What are the two pieces of mail that Jakes picks up from the concierge when he returns to his flat?
(a) A postcard from an army buddy and a letter from his sister
(b) A letter from his brother in America and a bank statement
(c) A bank statement and a wedding invitation
(d) A college commencement invitation and a letter from Brett

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

4. When Jake and Bill try to get tickets for the first lunch service on the train, what does the conductor tell them?
(a) He gives them tickets and tells them to enjoy the ride.
(b) They are all reserved. There is nothing available until the fifth at three-thirty.
(c) They are all reserved but he will find them a spot for ten francs.
(d) They can have tickets to the second serving.

5. As Frances continues her tirade against Cohn, what does she think is the real reason why he won't marry her?
(a) His children would be hurt by the marriage.
(b) It would be romantic to say that he had a mistress for two years.
(c) He feels he is not good enough for her.
(d) He wouldn't be able to hang out in the cafes as much.

Short Answer Questions

1. After graduating from Princeton, Robert Cohn is bitter and self-conscious. What is one of the first things he does?

2. Why does Jake give Harvey some money?

3. Bill is so annoyed about eating lunch at quarter past four that he stops a priest who is coming back from lunch. What comment does he make to the priest?

4. A forceful woman, Frances, hopes to gain success working with Robert Cohn on the magazine. She urges him to go to Europe with her when the magazine shuts down. What else did she want from him?

5. After five years of marriage, three children and spending close to fifty thousand dollars, what does Robert Cohn's rich wife do?

(see the answer key)

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