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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 cry and not be able to remember what was said.
(c) He will be seen as a hard-hearted writer.
(d) He will turn his readers against him.

2. Who does Brett's friend, Zizi, introduce her to when she and Jake go into the Café Select?
(a) Robert Cohn
(b) Aloysius Kirby
(c) Count Mippipopolous
(d) Marshal Ney

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

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

5. What advice does Jake give to Robert Cohn when they go to the café below Jakes office?
(a) Traveling is a great way to get away from your problems.
(b) You can't get away from yourself by traveling from place to place.
(c) Live your life now because you will be dead in thirty years.
(d) Don't waste your life staying in one place.

6. What did Frances say that Robert did to his secretary at Frances' request?
(a) He promoted her to an editorial position.
(b) He mentioned her in his first novel.
(c) He got rid of her to please Frances.
(d) He gave her an increase in pay.

7. Where was the Count when he received his wounds?
(a) On a business trip
(b) On a naval ship
(c) In the Italian front
(d) Fighting in a revolution

8. Jake feels he did not give an accurate picture of Robert Cohn. What does he add to his description of Cohn?
(a) Cohn is a conceited, self-centered man who is a sore loser at tennis.
(b) Cohn is superficial, only caring about what he wears and how he looks.
(c) Cohn insults other people constantly, looking for ways to start arguments.
(d) Cohn is an excellent tennis player with a good, athletic body. He is nice to other people, cheerful and didn't get angry when beaten in tennis.

9. As Jake lies in bed, what does he start thinking about that keeps him from sleeping?
(a) He thinks about all the work he has to do the next day and if he will meet his deadlines.
(b) He thinks about Robert Cohn and South America.
(c) He thinks about the war injury he received in Italy and about what might have happened to the other men who were with him in the hospital.
(d) He thinks about going on a trip to the bull-fights.

10. How is Brett feeling when Jake says goodbye to her at her hotel?
(a) She is excited about leaving Jake and getting on with her life.
(b) She is happy and looking forward to her wedding to Michael.
(c) She is indifferent to Jake.
(d) She is miserable and says she will not see Jake again.

11. Who asks Jake to lunch after he gets back to the office?
(a) Woolsey
(b) Robert Cohn
(c) Krum
(d) Brett Ashley

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

13. Jake and Cohn get into an argument during lunch. What is the argument about?
(a) Cohn is angry that Jake insults Brett by saying she married someone she didn't love, twice. Jake also tells him to go to hell.
(b) Jake is sick and tired of hearing about South America, telling Cohn to drop the subject.
(c) Cohn is insulted when Jake tells him to leave Frances because she is no good for him.
(d) Jake is furious when Cohn makes a joke about his war injury.

14. What does Cohn decide when Brett sends him a letter saying he doesn't have to go on the trip to Spain with them?
(a) He refuses to answer her letter.
(b) He says that he would rather not go.
(c) He asks Jake to tell Brett not to go on the trip.
(d) He decides to go anyway.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. There are seven cars on the train full of Catholic Americans from Dayton, Ohio. Where are they headed?

2. How does Jake justify the insulting things he says?

3. How does Jake react when Brett tells him she was in San Sebastian with Cohn?

4. Why doesn't Brett want Jake to touch her?

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

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