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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 is morality, according to Jake?
(a) What they teach in church.
(b) Being kind to one another
(c) Things that make you disgusted.
(d) Helping your neighbor

2. Robert Cohen changes his lifestyle after reading "The Purple Land" by W. H. Hudson. What is the theme of this novel?
(a) The financial and personal success of an entrepreneur in Europe
(b) The religious rebirth of an American boxer
(c) How to become a magnet for wealth and success
(d) The imaginary, amorous adventures of an Englishman in a romantic land

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

4. Why did the bus have to pull over to the side of the road as it climbed into the hills?
(a) To make room for the wild goats on the hillside
(b) To give room to six mules pulling a heavily loaded freight wagon
(c) So everyone could get a good view of the countryside
(d) To give room to pilgrims passing on the road

5. How does Brett say she is feeling after she and Jake get into the taxi?
(a) Excited
(b) In love
(c) Anxious
(d) Miserable

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jake go after he leaves the archivist's office?

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

3. In a letter to Jake, what does Cohn tell Jake he has been doing in Hendaye?

4. Why does Krum have a difficult time going out to the Dingo or the Select?

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

(see the answer key)

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