1. After his miserable night crying over Brett, Jake walks down the Boulevard to the rue Soufflot for breakfast. What is his frame of mind?
(a) He walks down the street in a fog, not noticing the events around him.
(b) He is still distraught over Brett and skips breakfast.
(c) He feels it is a fine and pleasant morning.
(d) He wishes he had stayed in bed.

2. How does Jake justify the insulting things he says?
(a) He says that he is only telling the truth.
(b) He explains that he has a nasty tongue but he doesn't mean what he says.
(c) He blames his attitude on his war injury.
(d) He says that he had a rough night and isn't thinking straight.

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 be getting back to bed.
(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 have gone with Brett when she offered to bring him to Zelli's.

4. What is Jake's reply when Cohn asks him if he is worried about his life passing him by?
(a) Jake says that he is through with worrying.
(b) Jake says that he is always worried about it.
(c) Jake says that sometimes it bothers him.
(d) Jake says that he is worried and depressed.

5. Robert Cohen changes his lifestyle after reading "The Purple Land" by W. H. Hudson. What is the theme of this novel?
(a) The religious rebirth of an American boxer
(b) The imaginary, amorous adventures of an Englishman in a romantic land
(c) The financial and personal success of an entrepreneur in Europe
(d) How to become a magnet for wealth and success