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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do Jake and Bill share their train compartment with?
(a) Two soldiers from America
(b) Count Mippipopolous
(c) An American man, his wife, and their young son
(d) Two single women traveling alone

2. What are Jake and Bill Gorton planning to do during their trip to Spain?
(a) See an opera and do some fishing
(b) Visit the vineyards in Pamplona
(c) Do some fishing and go to the festival in Pamplona
(d) Tour the Basque country and relax in Barcelona

3. What are the two pieces of mail that Jakes picks up from the concierge when he returns to his flat?
(a) A letter from his brother in America and a bank statement
(b) A postcard from an army buddy and a letter from his sister
(c) A bank statement and a wedding invitation
(d) A college commencement invitation and a letter from Brett

4. According to Cohn, what is the reason Frances would not go to South America with him?
(a) She doesn't like foreign countries.
(b) She thinks South America is the wilderness.
(c) She wouldn't like South America. She likes to be around a lot of people.
(d) She is afraid to travel.

5. While eating lunch at Wetzels's, Jake asks Cohn how his writing is progressing. What is Cohn's reply?
(a) He says that he has decided not to write anymore.
(b) He says that he can't seem to get started on his second book and he is worried.
(c) He says that his writing is speeding along and he is on the final chapter.
(d) He says that all is going well and he is half way through his second book.

6. Jake tells Brett that he loves her so much and makes a suggestion to her. What is the suggestion?
(a) That they get married
(b) That they avoid each other
(c) That they see other people
(d) That they live together

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

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

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

10. Jake runs into some of his friends while eating at the restaurant with Georgette. Where does Braddocks ask Jake and Georgette to go?
(a) To Foyot's
(b) To the dance club, bal musette
(c) To the Louvre
(d) A walk along the Seinne

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

12. What does Bill tell Jake the secret to success is?
(a) Invest wisely
(b) Try to stop injustice
(c) Write the great American novel
(d) Never be daunted

13. What title does Robert Cohn achieve while attending Princeton?
(a) Middleweight boxing champion
(b) Heavyweight boxing champion
(c) Rhodes Scholar
(d) Princeton Review editor

14. Who does Jake say are the only people who live their lives to the fullest?
(a) African safari hunters
(b) Artists
(c) Bullfighters
(d) Horse racers

15. 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.

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. How does Jake justify the insulting things he says?

3. What effect does the imitation absinthe drink called pernod have on those who drink it?

4. Robert Cohen changes his lifestyle after reading "The Purple Land" by W. H. Hudson. What is the theme of this novel?

5. Jake and Cohn get into an argument during lunch. What is the argument about?

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