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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bill reveal to Jake after they finish bantering about Henry's bicycle?
(a) He says that Jake is a good guy and Bill is fonder of him than anyone else.
(b) He says that Jake is more annoying than anyone else he knows.
(c) He says that Jake is too sensitive.
(d) He says that Jake needs to stop being such a whiner.

2. What does Jake do to pass the time while Brett and Robert Cohn are out of town?
(a) He begins writing his first novel.
(b) He mopes around, feeling sorry for himself.
(c) He drinks too much and pines over Brett.
(d) He works, goes to the races, dines with friends and puts extra time in at the office.

3. Robert Cohn offers to pay Jake's expenses if he will go to what __place with him?
(a) Amsterdam
(b) Africa
(c) South America
(d) Spain

4. While eating lunch at Wetzels's, Jake asks Cohn how his writing is progressing. What is Cohn's reply?
(a) He says that he has decided not to write anymore.
(b) He says that all is going well and he is half way through his second book.
(c) He says that he can't seem to get started on his second book and he is worried.
(d) He says that his writing is speeding along and he is on the final chapter.

5. What is Mike Campbell's financial situation?
(a) He is independently wealthy.
(b) He is in an undischarged bankruptcy.
(c) He has a small nest egg in the bank.
(d) He is a self-made millionaire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do all the passengers sit on top of the bus before it leaves for Baguete?

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

3. What words does Mike repeat to describe Brett to Jake and Bill?

4. How is Robert Cohn feeling while he and Jake wait for Brett's train to arrive?

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

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