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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Robert Cohn falls asleep in Jakes office and talks in his sleep. What does he say?
(a) He says that his life is passing him by. He's losing his way.
(b) He says that he has to go to South America. He just has to.
(c) He says that he can't do it. Nothing will make him do it.
(d) He says that he doesn't want it to happen to him.

2. What news does Frances Clyne reveal to Jake when she asks him to go with her to the Dome?
(a) She tells Jake that she doesn't want Jake in the wedding.
(b) She tells Jake that Cohn does not want to marry her anymore and that he hasn't lived enough.
(c) She wants Jake to arrange a surprise bachelor party for Cohn.
(d) She informs Jake that Cohn wants Jake to be his best man for their wedding.

3. Who does Jake share a taxi with after the press conference at Quai d'Orsay?
(a) Brett and Georgette
(b) Braddocks and Cohn
(c) Woolsey and Krum
(d) Cohn and Brett

4. What is Mike Campbell's financial situation?
(a) He has a small nest egg in the bank.
(b) He is a self-made millionaire.
(c) He is in an undischarged bankruptcy.
(d) He is independently wealthy.

5. What effect does the imitation absinthe drink called pernod have on those who drink it?
(a) It has no effect on the mood.
(b) It lifts their spirits, but then drops the mood just as quickly.
(c) It puts the person into a major depression.
(d) It sustains an uplifted mood all night.

6. When does Brett say she is going to marry Michael?
(a) As soon as he returns to Paris
(b) When Michael's family gives them the money for the wedding
(c) As soon as they can get the divorce
(d) When he finds a better job

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

8. The Count boasts that he has been around. Where has he been?
(a) He has been all over Europe.
(b) He has sailed around the world.
(c) He has been in seven wars and four revolutions.
(d) He has traveled across America.

9. What does Brett say she did while in San Sebastian?
(a) She visited all the cafes in the area.
(b) She never went out and didn't do anything.
(c) She went sun bathing at the beach.
(d) She prayed at the Basílica de Santa María del Coro.

10. What happens to Bill Gorton during his stay in Vienna?
(a) Bill is mugged while drunk in Vienna.
(b) Bill wins a large sum of money betting on a prize-fight.
(c) Bill has a wonderful trip full of pleasant memories.
(d) Bill is drunk for four days in Vienna and doesn't remember much about the trip.

11. As Jake watches Brett walk up the street from his flat and get into the Count's limousine, what is he thinking?
(a) He thinks that he should be getting back to bed.
(b) He thinks that it is easy to be brave and ignore things in the daytime, but at night, all the worries and heartache returns.
(c) He wonders what it would be like if he was able to have a normal relationship with Brett.
(d) He thinks that he should have gone with Brett when she offered to bring him to Zelli's.

12. Why does Frances tell Robert not to have scenes with his young ladies?
(a) He will upset the ladies so much, they will cry.
(b) He will turn his readers against him.
(c) He will cry and not be able to remember what was said.
(d) He will be seen as a hard-hearted writer.

13. What does Jake do when he gets to his office after breakfast?
(a) He reads the French morning papers, smokes and sets to work on the typewriter.
(b) He sits at his desk, wallowing in self-pity.
(c) He has a cup of coffee and then decides to go home.
(d) He tries to concentrate on his typing, but can't hold a clear thought.

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

15. There are seven cars on the train full of Catholic Americans from Dayton, Ohio. Where are they headed?
(a) They are touring the basilicas in Spain.
(b) They are planning a fishing trip.
(c) They are going to the bull-fights in Spain.
(d) They are on a pilgrimage to Rome, Biarritz, and Lourdes.

Short Answer Questions

1. While eating lunch at Wetzels's, Jake asks Cohn how his writing is progressing. What is Cohn's reply?

2. What excuses do Brett and Jake give when the Count suggests that they get married?

3. Where do Jake and Bill decide to go after eating at Madame Lecomte's?

4. How did the Count receive the wounds above his ribs?

5. What is Jake's reply when Cohn asks him if he is worried about his life passing him by?

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