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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Jake eat at Madame Lecomte's restaurant very often?
(a) He prefers eating at home.
(b) Too many of his fellow Americans go there
(c) He had an argument with the owner.
(d) He doesn't care for the menu.

2. What does Jake ask himself as he leaves Frances and Cohn in the café?
(a) He wonders why Frances ever stayed with Cohn as long as she did.
(b) He wonders how Cohn could be such an uncaring human being.
(c) He wonders why Cohn allows Frances to talk to him in such an insulting manner and why he doesn't do something to stop her.
(d) He wonders if Frances would like to go out with him now that Cohen was out of the picture.

3. Who do Jake and Bill share their train compartment with?
(a) Two single women traveling alone
(b) An American man, his wife, and their young son
(c) Count Mippipopolous
(d) Two soldiers from America

4. What does Jake do to pass the time while Brett and Robert Cohn are out of town?
(a) He works, goes to the races, dines with friends and puts extra time in at the office.
(b) He mopes around, feeling sorry for himself.
(c) He begins writing his first novel.
(d) He drinks too much and pines over Brett.

5. Why does Robert Cohn go to America after three years in Europe?
(a) His novel is accepted at a publishing company in America.
(b) He goes to visit his mother.
(c) He teaches a literary class at Princeton.
(d) He wants to see his children.

6. What words does Mike repeat to describe Brett to Jake and Bill?
(a) A lovely rose
(b) A raving beauty
(c) A lovely piece
(d) A bountiful beauty

7. Why doesn't Cohn want Jake talking about meeting the American girl in Strasbourg?
(a) Cohn doesn't want Jake to get involved with a woman.
(b) Cohn is afraid Jake won't return to Paris.
(c) Cohn is afraid Frances will be angry and jealous.
(d) Cohn wants to stay in Paris.

8. What advice do people offer Jake about his war injury that he resents so much?
(a) They tell him he is lucky; it could have been worse.
(b) They say it is better than getting killed.
(c) They tell him it is not important and he shouldn't worry about it.
(d) They tell him not to think about it.

9. When Robert Cohn returns to Paris from America, he is a changed man. In what way does he change?
(a) He knows he is deeply in love with Frances.
(b) He is not so simple or so nice, and not as pleasant to have around.
(c) He withdraws into himself, rarely going out.
(d) He wants to elope with Frances immediately.

10. As Jake lies in bed, what does he start thinking about that keeps him from sleeping?
(a) He thinks about Robert Cohn and South America.
(b) He thinks about going on a trip to the bull-fights.
(c) He thinks about all the work he has to do the next day and if he will meet his deadlines.
(d) He thinks about the war injury he received in Italy and about what might have happened to the other men who were with him in the hospital.

11. What is Brett's reaction when Jake kisses her in the taxi?
(a) She moves to the corner of the seat, far away from Jake and puts her head down.
(b) She pushes closer to Jake, putting her arms around him.
(c) She acts pleasantly surprised.
(d) She asks him to kiss her again.

12. After five years of marriage, three children and spending close to fifty thousand dollars, what does Robert Cohn's rich wife do?
(a) She tells him she would like to get a job.
(b) She leaves him for a painter of miniatures.
(c) She announces that she is pregnant again.
(d) She gives him a surprise anniversary party.

13. Who asks Jake to lunch after he gets back to the office?
(a) Krum
(b) Woolsey
(c) Robert Cohn
(d) Brett Ashley

14. How does Brett say she is feeling after she and Jake get into the taxi?
(a) Miserable
(b) Anxious
(c) Excited
(d) In love

15. What does Cohn tell Jake after Jake apologizes for telling him to go to hell?
(a) He threatens Jake and tells him to watch his tongue.
(b) He tells Jake that he doesn't want to see him again.
(c) He tells Jake that he is the best friend he has.
(d) He insults Jake, saying that he is not worth the trouble.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Brett say she is going to marry Michael?

2. What does Bill tell Jake the secret to success is?

3. What does Brett say she did while in San Sebastian?

4. How did Robert Cohn spend his time while in Europe with Frances?

5. What happens to Bill Gorton during his stay in Vienna?

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