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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Robert Cohn when his instructor, Spider Kelly overmatches him?
(a) He gets his nose flattened.
(b) He is knocked out.
(c) He wins on a TKO.
(d) He breaks his hand.

2. How does dinner with Brett, Mike, Cohn, and Bill remind Jake of dinners during the war?
(a) There is a feeling that it will be their last dinner together.
(b) There is wine, ignored tension, and foreboding of what is to come.
(c) There are arguments, hurt feelings, and fear.
(d) There is camaraderie between friends.

3. Robert Cohn offers to pay Jake's expenses if he will go to what __place with him?
(a) South America
(b) Africa
(c) Amsterdam
(d) Spain

4. What is Jake's reply when Cohn asks him if he is worried about his life passing him by?
(a) Jake says that he is worried and depressed.
(b) Jake says that he is always worried about it.
(c) Jake says that he is through with worrying.
(d) Jake says that sometimes it bothers him.

5. What does Jake tell Cohn about Brett when he inquires about her?
(a) She's nice and her name is Lady Ashley. She is getting a divorce, so she can marry someone named Mike Campbell.
(b) She will hurt you if you try to get close.
(c) He doesn't have anything to say about her. He doesn't want to discuss it.
(d) She is not worth the time of day. Stay away from her.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Jake watches Brett walk up the street from his flat and get into the Count's limousine, what is he thinking?

2. Bill lectures Jake about being an expatriate. What does he say has ruined Jake?

3. Where was the Count when he received his wounds?

4. Georgette asks Jake what is wrong with him, since he doesn't want her to touch him. What does he reply?

5. What does Robert Cohn do while Jake works for two hours in the office?

(see the answer key)

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