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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jake react when Brett tells him she was in San Sebastian with Cohn?
(a) He is nasty and sarcastic.
(b) His eyes tear up and his lip trembles.
(c) He tells Brett she cannot go to Pamplona.
(d) He is indifferent to the whole situation.

2. How did the Count receive the wounds above his ribs?
(a) Grenade
(b) Shrapnel
(c) Gunshots
(d) Arrows

3. Jake meets Brett and Mike at the Dingo and Mike is a bit drunk. What does Mike ask Jake at the time?
(a) He asks if he said anything embarrassing the night before.
(b) He asks if Jake is still in love with Brett.
(c) He asks if Cohn is in love with Brett.
(d) He asks if he and Brett can go to Pamplona with Jake and Bill.

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

5. After his miserable night crying over Brett, Jake walks down the Boulevard to the rue Soufflot for breakfast. What is his frame of mind?
(a) He is still distraught over Brett and skips breakfast.
(b) He wishes he had stayed in bed.
(c) He feels it is a fine and pleasant morning.
(d) He walks down the street in a fog, not noticing the events around him.

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

7. 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 asks Jake to tell Brett not to go on the trip.
(b) He refuses to answer her letter.
(c) He says that he would rather not go.
(d) He decides to go anyway.

8. A forceful woman, Frances, hopes to gain success working with Robert Cohn on the magazine. She urges him to go to Europe with her when the magazine shuts down. What else did she want from him?
(a) Marriage
(b) Money
(c) Children
(d) A partnership in a new magazine

9. Where does Jake tell Cohn that he met Brett?
(a) They met while on a cruise to England.
(b) He first saw her in a café in Paris.
(c) He met her in a bar in America.
(d) She was a V.A.D. in a hospital he was in during the war.

10. After five years of marriage, three children and spending close to fifty thousand dollars, what does Robert Cohn's rich wife do?
(a) She announces that she is pregnant again.
(b) She tells him she would like to get a job.
(c) She leaves him for a painter of miniatures.
(d) She gives him a surprise anniversary party.

11. In a letter to Jake, what does Cohn tell Jake he has been doing in Hendaye?
(a) Gambling and drinking
(b) Bicycling and boating
(c) Having a quiet time, bathing, golfing, and playing bridge
(d) Going on long walks and hunting

12. Why doesn't Cohn want Jake talking about meeting the American girl in Strasbourg?
(a) Cohn is afraid Jake won't return to Paris.
(b) Cohn is afraid Frances will be angry and jealous.
(c) Cohn doesn't want Jake to get involved with a woman.
(d) Cohn wants to stay in Paris.

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

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

15. Why does the concierge of Jake's flat changer her opinion of Brett?
(a) She sees that Brett is from a low class family, penniless and a fortune hunter.
(b) She sees that Brett is very nice, of a good family and very gentile.
(c) She sees that Brett is a shrew who should be avoided.
(d) She discovers that Brett is rude, crude, and ignorant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Robert Cohn falls asleep in Jakes office and talks in his sleep. What does he say?

2. How is Brett feeling when Jake says goodbye to her at her hotel?

3. What news does Frances Clyne reveal to Jake when she asks him to go with her to the Dome?

4. Why does Krum have a difficult time going out to the Dingo or the Select?

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

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