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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. As Jake, Bill, and Cohen drive across the plain to Pamplona, what is their first view of the town?
(a) Pamplona's walls lead up to the town which has only a bull ring in its center.
(b) Pamplona is obscured by forests on a flat piece of land.
(c) The walls of Pamplona rise out of the plain, then a brown cathedral and other churches. The mountains are all around.
(d) Pamplona is on top of a high mountain with small huts around the perimeter.

2. What does Brett say about Cohn after she tells him that she and Jake want to be alone?
(a) She says that she is very fond of him and that it could lead to something more.
(b) She says that she is sick of him and he has behaved very badly.
(c) She says that she is leaving Mike for Cohn.
(d) She says that she is going away with Cohn for good.

3. What is one of the methods smugglers use to cross from France into Spain?
(a) They wait for nightfall and sneak through the Spanish frontier.
(b) They wade across the stream.
(c) They take boats down the stream.
(d) They try to convince other travelers to hide them in their vehicles.

4. What is the description Jake gives of the town of Bayonne?
(a) A dirty Spanish town, cluttered with litter
(b) A gloomy Spanish town with dark, unkempt streets
(c) A nice Spanish town, very clean, on a large river
(d) A smelly Spanish town with a rancid river running through it

5. Why did the bus have to pull over to the side of the road as it climbed into the hills?
(a) So everyone could get a good view of the countryside
(b) To give room to six mules pulling a heavily loaded freight wagon
(c) To make room for the wild goats on the hillside
(d) To give room to pilgrims passing on the road

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Robert Cohn feeling while he and Jake wait for Brett's train to arrive?

2. Did Jake and Bill have any luck fishing after their long hike into the valley of the Rio de la Fabrica?

3. What is Cohn's response when Bill suggests that he not look at the horses when the bull gores them?

4. What does the bull fight critic say about Pedro Romero's performance in the ring when Jake is having a drink with them?

5. Bill lectures Jake about being an expatriate. What does he say has ruined Jake?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the pictures on the walls of Jake's and Bill's hotel in Burguete add to the coldness of the room?

2. Both Bill and Jake are irritated when Cohn says that he doesn't think Brett and Mike are going to show up when they are supposed to. What happens as a result of Cohn's annoying comments?

3. What are the feelings that Brett reveals to Jake about Pedro Romero?

4. What are Jake's thoughts as he lies in bed after the evening with Bill, Mike and Brett?

5. Explain how the fist fight between Robert Cohn and Jake Barnes gets started?

6. Is Mike Campbell justified in comparing Robert Cohen to one of the steers?

7. On the day the bull fights are to take place, Cohn tells Bill and Jake that he hopes he won't be bored at the bull fight. What is Bill's reaction to Cohn's comment?

8. What does Cohn decide to do now that Brett is staying over in San Sebastian and what are Jake's feelings about it?

9. How does Pedro Romero view the bulls that he fights?

10. Bill calls Jake an expatriate. What does he mean by this?

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