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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jake and Cohn get into an argument during lunch. What is the argument about?
(a) Cohn is insulted when Jake tells him to leave Frances because she is no good for him.
(b) 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.
(c) Jake is sick and tired of hearing about South America, telling Cohn to drop the subject.
(d) Jake is furious when Cohn makes a joke about his war injury.

2. Where do Jake and Bill decide to go after eating at Madame Lecomte's?
(a) Take a horse-cab around the city
(b) Back to Jake's flat
(c) To Robert Cohn's
(d) To the Select to see Brett and Mike Campbell

3. As Jake watches Brett walk up the street from his flat and get into the Count's limousine, what is he thinking?
(a) He thinks that he should have gone with Brett when she offered to bring him to Zelli's.
(b) He thinks that it is easy to be brave and ignore things in the daytime, but at night, all the worries and heartache returns.
(c) He wonders what it would be like if he was able to have a normal relationship with Brett.
(d) He thinks that he should be getting back to bed.

4. What is the financial status of Robert Cohn's parents who reside in New York?
(a) They are one of the richest Jewish, New York families.
(b) They are low income, struggling to survive.
(c) They are middle class working people.
(d) They are unemployed with a bleak future.

5. Jake tells Brett that he loves her so much and makes a suggestion to her. What is the suggestion?
(a) That they live together
(b) That they see other people
(c) That they avoid each other
(d) That they get married

6. How does Jake react when Brett tells him she was in San Sebastian with Cohn?
(a) He is nasty and sarcastic.
(b) His eyes tear up and his lip trembles.
(c) He is indifferent to the whole situation.
(d) He tells Brett she cannot go to Pamplona.

7. What excuses do Brett and Jake give when the Count suggests that they get married?
(a) They say that they are incompatible and argue too much.
(b) They say that they don't want to be tied down and are only friends.
(c) They say that they are not the marrying kind and are not ready to settle down.
(d) They say that they want to live their own lives and have their careers.

8. Who are the two friends Robert Cohn has during his three years in Europe?
(a) Spider Kelly and Braddocks
(b) Braddocks and Jake
(c) Spider Kelly and Frances
(d) Jake and Spider Kelly

9. While eating lunch at Wetzels's, Jake asks Cohn how his writing is progressing. What is Cohn's reply?
(a) He says that all is going well and he is half way through his second book.
(b) He says that he can't seem to get started on his second book and he is worried.
(c) He says that his writing is speeding along and he is on the final chapter.
(d) He says that he has decided not to write anymore.

10. 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.

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

12. Where do the Count, Brett, and Jake go after they finish dinner in the restaurant?
(a) They go for a tour of Paris in a horse-cab.
(b) They go dancing at Zelli's.
(c) They go for a stroll in the park.
(d) They go to the Count's hotel room for champagne.

13. 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

14. How is Brett feeling when Jake says goodbye to her at her hotel?
(a) She is indifferent to Jake.
(b) She is happy and looking forward to her wedding to Michael.
(c) She is miserable and says she will not see Jake again.
(d) She is excited about leaving Jake and getting on with her life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jake read after putting on his pajamas and getting into bed?

2. How does Jake describe being in love to Brett?

3. What does Robert Cohn think about Paris after returning from America?

4. Georgette asks Jake what is wrong with him, since he doesn't want her to touch him. What does he reply?

5. What does Robert Cohn do while Jake works for two hours in the office?

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