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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. Why doesn't Brett want Jake to touch her?
(a) She has no feelings for him.
(b) She loves someone else.
(c) She is not feeling well.
(d) She loves him and can't stand that they are unable to do anything about it.

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

3. What does Jake tell Cohn about Brett when he inquires about her?
(a) She will hurt you if you try to get close.
(b) She's nice and her name is Lady Ashley. She is getting a divorce, so she can marry someone named Mike Campbell.
(c) She is not worth the time of day. Stay away from her.
(d) He doesn't have anything to say about her. He doesn't want to discuss it.

4. 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) A partnership in a new magazine
(d) Marriage

5. What is Jake referring to when he says to Brett, "you like to add them up."?
(a) Brett adds up the number of shoes she owns, buying a new pair every week.
(b) Brett enjoys it when more and more men become infatuated with her.
(c) Brett adds up the number of brandies she drinks when she goes out.
(d) Brett likes to hang all her dresses in color coordinated order.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title does Robert Cohn achieve while attending Princeton?

2. What is Brett's formal title?

3. Georgette asks Jake what is wrong with him, since he doesn't want her to touch him. What does he reply?

4. What are the two pieces of mail that Jakes picks up from the concierge when he returns to his flat?

5. What advice do people offer Jake about his war injury that he resents so much?

(see the answer key)

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