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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. What is Brett's response when the Count asks her to go to Biarritz, Cannes, or Monte Carlo?
(a) She says that she would rather go to America with him.
(b) She says that she cannot go because Cohn would be upset.
(c) She says that she knows too many people everywhere and she is in love with Jake.
(d) She says that she would be delighted to go to all those places.

2. Why is Robert Cohn so anxious to go to South America with Jake?
(a) He wants to inquire into investing in coffee beans.
(b) He wants to research the area before taking Frances there.
(c) He wants to buy a vacation home there for Frances.
(d) He is afraid his life is moving too fast and he is not really living it.

3. Where does Jake tell Cohn that he met Brett?
(a) He met her in a bar in America.
(b) She was a V.A.D. in a hospital he was in during the war.
(c) He first saw her in a café in Paris.
(d) They met while on a cruise to England.

4. What does Robert Cohn do while Jake works for two hours in the office?
(a) He looks out the window at the Paris streets.
(b) He stuffs manila envelopes for Jake.
(c) He helps Jake sort out carbons.
(d) He reads papers and falls asleep.

5. What is Brett's reaction when Jake kisses her in the taxi?
(a) She asks him to kiss her again.
(b) She moves to the corner of the seat, far away from Jake and puts her head down.
(c) She pushes closer to Jake, putting her arms around him.
(d) She acts pleasantly surprised.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Who are the two friends Robert Cohn has during his three years in Europe?

4. Who asks Jake to lunch after he gets back to the office?

5. Why does Jake ask Georgette, the prostitute, to have dinner with him?

(see the answer key)

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