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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. How does Jake introduce Georgette to his friends when they meet at the restaurant?
(a) As a poule he picked up on the street
(b) As his sister
(c) As his fiancée
(d) As his cousin

2. What advice does Jake give to Robert Cohn when they go to the café below Jakes office?
(a) You can't get away from yourself by traveling from place to place.
(b) Traveling is a great way to get away from your problems.
(c) Live your life now because you will be dead in thirty years.
(d) Don't waste your life staying in one place.

3. Who does Brett's friend, Zizi, introduce her to when she and Jake go into the Café Select?
(a) Marshal Ney
(b) Aloysius Kirby
(c) Count Mippipopolous
(d) Robert Cohn

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bill and Jake sit down to eat lunch after fishing and have an amusing conversation about the different men they went to college with. Which men do they mention?

2. The Count boasts that he has been around. Where has he been?

3. According to Cohn, what is the reason Frances would not go to South America with him?

4. What do Jake, Bill and Cohn decide to do after Jake receives the telegram from Brett says she and Mike stopped in San Sebastian for the night?

5. 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?

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