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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What excuses do Brett and Jake give when the Count suggests that they get married?
(a) They say that they want to live their own lives and have their careers.
(b) They say that they are incompatible and argue too much.
(c) They say that they are not the marrying kind and are not ready to settle down.
(d) They say that they don't want to be tied down and are only friends.

2. 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?
(a) Bishop Manning, Henry James, Fitzgerald, and Roosevelt
(b) Harris, Henry Ford, Roosevelt, and Wheeler
(c) Henry James, Abraham Lincoln, Grant, and Keats
(d) Bryan, Mencken, Frankie Fritsch, Bishop Manning, and Wayne Wheeler

3. What does Robert Cohn think about Paris after returning from America?
(a) He is sick of Paris.
(b) Paris is one of his favorite cities.
(c) He loves Paris and never wants to leave.
(d) He considers Paris his home.

4. What is the reason Brett tells Jake she is a goner?
(a) She is still in love with Jake.
(b) She thinks she drinks too much.
(c) She finds out she is very sick.
(d) She is hopelessly in love with Pedro Romero.

5. What is the financial status of Robert Cohn's parents who reside in New York?
(a) They are one of the richest Jewish, New York families.
(b) They are unemployed with a bleak future.
(c) They are middle class working people.
(d) They are low income, struggling to survive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill reveal to Jake after they finish bantering about Henry's bicycle?

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

3. What happens to Jake when he suggests he and Cohn go to Strasbourg for the weekend to meet a girl he knows there?

4. What is Cohn's reaction when Mike starts toward him from around the table to start a fight over Brett?

5. Who does Jake share a taxi with after the press conference at Quai d'Orsay?

(see the answer key)

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