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

2. Where do the Count, Brett, and Jake go after they finish dinner in the restaurant?
(a) They go dancing at Zelli's.
(b) They go to the Count's hotel room for champagne.
(c) They go for a stroll in the park.
(d) They go for a tour of Paris in a horse-cab.

3. What did it mean when the Basque said "Arriba" to Bill and Jake?
(a) Stop drinking
(b) Lift it up
(c) Put the cork on
(d) Put it down

4. What happens to Jake when he suggests he and Cohn go to Strasbourg for the weekend to meet a girl he knows there?
(a) Cohn kicks him under the table.
(b) Jake spills hot coffee in his lap.
(c) Frances kicks him under the table.
(d) Frances throws water in his face.

5. When Jake and Bill try to get tickets for the first lunch service on the train, what does the conductor tell them?
(a) He gives them tickets and tells them to enjoy the ride.
(b) They are all reserved but he will find them a spot for ten francs.
(c) They can have tickets to the second serving.
(d) They are all reserved. There is nothing available until the fifth at three-thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Brett's reaction when Jake kisses her in the taxi?

2. Robert Cohen changes his lifestyle after reading "The Purple Land" by W. H. Hudson. What is the theme of this novel?

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

4. What is the view Jake and Bill have from the train as they pass through Landes?

5. Robert Cohn is a Jewish man attending Princeton. How does this make him feel?

(see the answer key)

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