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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Brett and Jake decide to go after leaving the dance-club?
(a) To a show
(b) To Jake's place
(c) Just driving around
(d) To Brett's place

2. When Jake is about to leave the dance-club, what does he give the patronne for Georgette?
(a) His address
(b) Fifty francs
(c) A bottle of wine
(d) A brandy and soda

3. Why does Jake ask Georgette, the prostitute, to have dinner with him?
(a) He feels sorry for her and hopes to talk her into a different lifestyle.
(b) He thinks it would be nice to eat with someone.
(c) He thinks she looks down and out and could use a good meal.
(d) He hopes it will lead to a more intimate time later in the evening.

4. What happens to Jake when he suggests he and Cohn go to Strasbourg for the weekend to meet a girl he knows there?
(a) Frances throws water in his face.
(b) Cohn kicks him under the table.
(c) Frances kicks him under the table.
(d) Jake spills hot coffee in his lap.

5. Why does Jake think of Cohn as Moses seeing the Promised Land for the first time while they are having a drink together at the dance?
(a) Cohn is eagerly looking at Lady Brett, hoping for a dance.
(b) Cohn is expectantly hoping for a night with Georgette.
(c) Cohn is looking with adoration at his fiancée, Frances.
(d) Cohn is in awe of the night life in Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Jake give to Robert Cohn when they go to the café below Jakes office?

2. Robert Cohn falls asleep in Jakes office and talks in his sleep. What does he say?

3. After graduating from Princeton, Robert Cohn is bitter and self-conscious. What is one of the first things he does?

4. Jake runs into some of his friends while eating at the restaurant with Georgette. Where does Braddocks ask Jake and Georgette to go?

5. A forceful woman, Frances, hopes to gain success working with Robert Cohn on the magazine. She urges him to go to Europe with her when the magazine shuts down. What else did she want from him?

(see the answer key)

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