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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice do people offer Jake about his war injury that he resents so much?
(a) They tell him not to think about it.
(b) They tell him he is lucky; it could have been worse.
(c) They tell him it is not important and he shouldn't worry about it.
(d) They say it is better than getting killed.

2. Who asks Jake to lunch after he gets back to the office?
(a) Woolsey
(b) Krum
(c) Robert Cohn
(d) Brett Ashley

3. What is Brett's formal title?
(a) Duchess Ashley
(b) Countess Ashley
(c) Lady Ashley
(d) Mon Cherie Brett

4. Why does Robert Cohn go to America after three years in Europe?
(a) He wants to see his children.
(b) His novel is accepted at a publishing company in America.
(c) He teaches a literary class at Princeton.
(d) He goes to visit his mother.

5. Who does Jake say are the only people who live their lives to the fullest?
(a) Horse racers
(b) Artists
(c) Bullfighters
(d) African safari hunters

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Jake share a taxi with after the press conference at Quai d'Orsay?

3. How does Jake introduce Georgette to his friends when they meet at the restaurant?

4. Who does Brett's friend, Zizi, introduce her to when she and Jake go into the Café Select?

5. Robert Cohen changes his lifestyle after reading "The Purple Land" by W. H. Hudson. What is the theme of this novel?

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