1. What do Bill and Cohn make a bet over while eating at the Hotel Montoya?
(a) Bill bets Cohn fifty pesetas that Brett and Mike arrive that evening. Cohen says that they won't come.
(b) Cohn bets Bill one hundred pesetas that Brett and Mike will show up the next day.
(c) Cohn bets Bill that he will not last to the end of the brutal bull fights.
(d) Cohn bets Bill that he will not be able to finish all the courses of the Spanish meal.

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

3. How do Jake and Bill stay warm after they finish their evening meal?
(a) They sit in front of the fireplace.
(b) They go for a run through the town.
(c) They go to bed and read.
(d) They put on extra layers of clothing.

4. After graduating from Princeton, Robert Cohn is bitter and self-conscious. What is one of the first things he does?
(a) He joins the army.
(b) He goes on an extended European trip.
(c) He marries the first girl who is nice to him.
(d) He falls into depression.

5. What does the crowd do to Romero after the bullfights are over?
(a) They lift him on their shoulders and carry him out the gate.
(b) They quietly let him pass through the gate.
(c) They leave him alone to be with Brett.
(d) They insult the way he fought the bulls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term used for the hour after dinner when the pretty girls, officers from the garrison, and the fashionable people walk in the square of Pamplona and the cafes fill up?

2. What is Brett's formal title?

3. Why is Robert Cohn so anxious to go to South America with Jake?

4. What will the spectators do on the morning of the first day of the bull fights?

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

(see the answer key)

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