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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Jake share a taxi with after the press conference at Quai d'Orsay?
(a) Braddocks and Cohn
(b) Woolsey and Krum
(c) Brett and Georgette
(d) Cohn and Brett

2. 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 have gone with Brett when she offered to bring him to Zelli's.
(b) He wonders what it would be like if he was able to have a normal relationship with Brett.
(c) He thinks that it is easy to be brave and ignore things in the daytime, but at night, all the worries and heartache returns.
(d) He thinks that he should be getting back to bed.

3. What does Jake do when he gets to his office after breakfast?
(a) He has a cup of coffee and then decides to go home.
(b) He sits at his desk, wallowing in self-pity.
(c) He tries to concentrate on his typing, but can't hold a clear thought.
(d) He reads the French morning papers, smokes and sets to work on the typewriter.

4. Robert Cohn falls asleep in Jakes office and talks in his sleep. What does he say?
(a) He says that he doesn't want it to happen to him.
(b) He says that his life is passing him by. He's losing his way.
(c) He says that he can't do it. Nothing will make him do it.
(d) He says that he has to go to South America. He just has to.

5. Robert Cohn is a Jewish man attending Princeton. How does this make him feel?
(a) Inferior and shy
(b) Outgoing and proud
(c) Angry and reclusive
(d) Superior and snooty

Short Answer Questions

1. When Robert Cohn returns to Paris from America, he is a changed man. In what way does he change?

2. Why does Krum have a difficult time going out to the Dingo or the Select?

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

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

5. What happens to Robert Cohn when his instructor, Spider Kelly overmatches him?

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