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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Brett tell Jake she is going?
(a) America
(b) England
(c) Africa
(d) San Sebastian

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

3. Why does Krum have a difficult time going out to the Dingo or the Select?
(a) He is too tired by the end of the work day.
(b) It's hard getting out with a wife and children.
(c) He has to work nights.
(d) His budget won't allow him to go out much.

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

5. Who does Jake share a taxi with after the press conference at Quai d'Orsay?
(a) Braddocks and Cohn
(b) Brett and Georgette
(c) Woolsey and Krum
(d) Cohn and Brett

6. Where does Jake tell Cohn that he met Brett?
(a) He met her in a bar in America.
(b) They met while on a cruise to England.
(c) He first saw her in a café in Paris.
(d) She was a V.A.D. in a hospital he was in during the war.

7. Why is Frances saying terrible, sarcastic comments to Cohn in front of Jake at the café?
(a) Frances feels Cohn is too possessive of her.
(b) Frances resents the fact that Cohn gave her 200 pounds to go back to England and stay with friends.
(c) Frances is angry that Cohn made most of the wedding plans without her.
(d) Frances is annoyed that Cohn will not let her go to England to visit friends.

8. What does Robert Cohn think about Paris after returning from America?
(a) He loves Paris and never wants to leave.
(b) He is sick of Paris.
(c) Paris is one of his favorite cities.
(d) He considers Paris his home.

9. What does Jake do when he gets to his office after breakfast?
(a) He sits at his desk, wallowing in self-pity.
(b) He has a cup of coffee and then decides to go home.
(c) He tries to concentrate on his typing, but can't hold a clear thought.
(d) He reads the French morning papers, smokes and sets to work on the typewriter.

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

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

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 announces that she is pregnant again.
(b) She leaves him for a painter of miniatures.
(c) She tells him she would like to get a job.
(d) She gives him a surprise anniversary party.

13. After his miserable night crying over Brett, Jake walks down the Boulevard to the rue Soufflot for breakfast. What is his frame of mind?
(a) He wishes he had stayed in bed.
(b) He walks down the street in a fog, not noticing the events around him.
(c) He feels it is a fine and pleasant morning.
(d) He is still distraught over Brett and skips breakfast.

14. What is Brett's response when the Count asks her to go to Biarritz, Cannes, or Monte Carlo?
(a) She says that she cannot go because Cohn would be upset.
(b) She says that she would be delighted to go to all those places.
(c) She says that she knows too many people everywhere and she is in love with Jake.
(d) She says that she would rather go to America with him.

15. Robert Cohn offers to pay Jake's expenses if he will go to what __place with him?
(a) Africa
(b) Spain
(c) Amsterdam
(d) South America

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Jake feels he did not give an accurate picture of Robert Cohn. What does he add to his description of Cohn?

3. As Jake watches Brett walk up the street from his flat and get into the Count's limousine, what is he thinking?

4. How is Brett feeling when Jake says goodbye to her at her hotel?

5. Jake tells Brett that he loves her so much and makes a suggestion to her. What is the suggestion?

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