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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jake give Harvey some money?
(a) Harvey hasn't eaten in five days, wants to be alone and doesn't care if he eats.
(b) Jake wants him to use the money to find a flat.
(c) Harvey has been threatened by debt collectors.
(d) Jake wants Harvey to place a bet for him with his bookie.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jake do when Georgette touches him while they are driving in the horse-cab?

2. Why is Frances saying terrible, sarcastic comments to Cohn in front of Jake at the café?

3. What did Frances say that Robert did to his secretary at Frances' request?

4. Who arrives at Jake's flat after he finishes showering?

5. Where do Brett and Jake decide to go after leaving the dance-club?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Robert Cohn become obsessed about going to South America?

2. Summarize the lengthy description Jake gives of Robert Cohen in this chapter.

3. Jake feels sorry for Cohn because he is bored with his life, but why can't Jake help him?

4. Why does Brett flirt with so many men and keep an accounting of how many men become infatuated with her?

5. Discuss Brett's reaction when Jake kisses her in the taxi?

6. Jake and Bill share a train compartment with An American man, his wife, and their young son, Hubert. What are a few of the subjects they discuss?

7. Count Mippipopolous enjoys everything life has to offer. What explanation does he five for this?

8. Describe the conversation Jake has with Cohn about Brett when they go out for lunch.

9. Summarize how Jake amuses himself while Brett is in San Sebastian and Cohn is out of town?

10. Compare the different ways that Jake and Brett feel about being in love with each other.

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