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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. What does Jake do when Georgette touches him while they are driving in the horse-cab?
(a) He moves closer to her.
(b) He pushes her hand away.
(c) He bends over and kisses her.
(d) He closes his eyes and enjoys her touch.

2. What advice does Jake give to Robert Cohn when they go to the café below Jakes office?
(a) Traveling is a great way to get away from your problems.
(b) Don't waste your life staying in one place.
(c) Live your life now because you will be dead in thirty years.
(d) You can't get away from yourself by traveling from place to place.

3. What is the financial status of Robert Cohn's parents who reside in New York?
(a) They are one of the richest Jewish, New York families.
(b) They are middle class working people.
(c) They are low income, struggling to survive.
(d) They are unemployed with a bleak future.

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

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?
(a) Money
(b) Children
(c) Marriage
(d) A partnership in a new magazine

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Robert Cohn think about Paris after returning from America?

3. When Jake is about to leave the dance-club, what does he give the patronne for Georgette?

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

5. How does Brett say she is feeling after she and Jake get into the taxi?

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