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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. 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 gives him a surprise anniversary party.
(d) She announces that she is pregnant again.
2. 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 doesn't want it to happen to him.
(d) He says that he can't do it. Nothing will make him do it.
3. Jake, Bill and their traveling companions in the train compartment talk about fishing trips. What comment does the American wife make about men?
(a) She says that only a few men get drunk on a regular basis.
(b) She says that most men voted for prohibition.
(c) She implies that men get out of control if there is liquor around.
(d) She says that most men are self-disciplined and decent.
4. Jake and Cohn get into an argument during lunch. What is the argument about?
(a) Cohn is angry that Jake insults Brett by saying she married someone she didn't love, twice. Jake also tells him to go to hell.
(b) Jake is sick and tired of hearing about South America, telling Cohn to drop the subject.
(c) Cohn is insulted when Jake tells him to leave Frances because she is no good for him.
(d) Jake is furious when Cohn makes a joke about his war injury.
5. How is Brett feeling when Jake says goodbye to her at her hotel?
(a) She is excited about leaving Jake and getting on with her life.
(b) She is indifferent to Jake.
(c) She is miserable and says she will not see Jake again.
(d) She is happy and looking forward to her wedding to Michael.
6. 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 knows too many people everywhere and she is in love with Jake.
(c) She says that she would rather go to America with him.
(d) She says that she would be delighted to go to all those places.
7. What happens to Bill Gorton during his stay in Vienna?
(a) Bill is mugged while drunk in Vienna.
(b) Bill wins a large sum of money betting on a prize-fight.
(c) Bill has a wonderful trip full of pleasant memories.
(d) Bill is drunk for four days in Vienna and doesn't remember much about the trip.
8. Who asks Jake to lunch after he gets back to the office?
(a) Robert Cohn
(b) Brett Ashley
(c) Woolsey
(d) Krum
9. What does Jake do to pass the time while he waits for Brett to meet him at the Hotel Crillon?
(a) He has a glass of wine and watches people passing by.
(b) He writes letters on the hotel stationary.
(c) He works on an article he is writing for the paper.
(d) He reads the Bible in the lounge.
10. Why doesn't Brett want Jake to touch her?
(a) She loves someone else.
(b) She has no feelings for him.
(c) She is not feeling well.
(d) She loves him and can't stand that they are unable to do anything about it.
11. Who does Jake say are the only people who live their lives to the fullest?
(a) Horse racers
(b) Bullfighters
(c) Artists
(d) African safari hunters
12. Jake meets Brett and Mike at the Dingo and Mike is a bit drunk. What does Mike ask Jake at the time?
(a) He asks if he and Brett can go to Pamplona with Jake and Bill.
(b) He asks if he said anything embarrassing the night before.
(c) He asks if Cohn is in love with Brett.
(d) He asks if Jake is still in love with Brett.
13. Why does Jake give Harvey some money?
(a) Jake wants him to use the money to find a flat.
(b) Harvey hasn't eaten in five days, wants to be alone and doesn't care if he eats.
(c) Harvey has been threatened by debt collectors.
(d) Jake wants Harvey to place a bet for him with his bookie.
14. As Jake watches Brett walk up the street from his flat and get into the Count's limousine, what is he thinking?
(a) He wonders what it would be like if he was able to have a normal relationship with Brett.
(b) He thinks that he should be getting back to bed.
(c) He thinks that he should have gone with Brett when she offered to bring him to Zelli's.
(d) He thinks that it is easy to be brave and ignore things in the daytime, but at night, all the worries and heartache returns.
15. Robert Cohn is a Jewish man attending Princeton. How does this make him feel?
(a) Angry and reclusive
(b) Outgoing and proud
(c) Inferior and shy
(d) Superior and snooty
Short Answer Questions
1. Where do Jake and Bill decide to go after eating at Madame Lecomte's?
2. Where does Jake think Robert Cohn gets his dislike of Paris?
3. Why does Frances tell Robert not to have scenes with his young ladies?
4. How does Mike feel about missing the fight and staying with Brett for the evening?
5. Why does Robert Cohn go to America after three years in Europe?
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