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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. How does Mike compare Cohn to a steer?
(a) He says that like a steer, Robert lives a quiet life, never has to say anything, and hangs around Brett where he is not wanted.
(b) He says that Robert is always trying to keep the peace like a steer.
(c) He says that Robert can be sacrificed like a steer.
(d) He says that Robert is aggressive just like a steer, chasing after Brett.

2. How does dinner with Brett, Mike, Cohn, and Bill remind Jake of dinners during the war?
(a) There is a feeling that it will be their last dinner together.
(b) There is camaraderie between friends.
(c) There are arguments, hurt feelings, and fear.
(d) There is wine, ignored tension, and foreboding of what is to come.

3. What does Robert Cohn do when he finds Brett and Pedro Romero in bed together?
(a) He slaps Brett and drags her out the door.
(b) He runs out the door crying.
(c) He gives Romero a brutal beating.
(d) He screams that he never wants to see Brett again.

4. What is morality, according to Jake?
(a) Being kind to one another
(b) Things that make you disgusted.
(c) What they teach in church.
(d) Helping your neighbor

5. Why did the bus have to pull over to the side of the road as it climbed into the hills?
(a) To give room to pilgrims passing on the road
(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) So everyone could get a good view of the countryside

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pedro Romero's bull fighting invoke emotion in the crowd?

2. What is the reason Brett tells Jake she is a goner?

3. What is the name of the bull fighter that Montoya introduces to Jake and Bill?

4. What meal is served to Jake and Bill their first night in the hotel?

5. What is the condition of the countryside in the Basque country?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare the weather as Bill and Jake depart on the bus to Burguete and the weather upon their arrival at Burguete. What images are given to describe the weather?

2. What do Jake, Bill and the Basques do to pass the time on the bus to Burguete?

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

4. 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?

5. Jake receives a telegram from Brett saying that they are staying over in San Sebastian overnight and will be late. How does Jake treat Cohn after he reads the telegram?

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

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

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

9. What took place during the paseo in Pamplona?

10. What does Cohn do when he finds Pedro Romero with Brett?

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