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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Jake when he suggests he and Cohn go to Strasbourg for the weekend to meet a girl he knows there?
(a) Frances throws water in his face.
(b) Jake spills hot coffee in his lap.
(c) Frances kicks him under the table.
(d) Cohn kicks him under the table.

2. What does Robert Cohn do while Jake works for two hours in the office?
(a) He reads papers and falls asleep.
(b) He looks out the window at the Paris streets.
(c) He stuffs manila envelopes for Jake.
(d) He helps Jake sort out carbons.

3. Who has a cab waiting for Jake and Bill as they get off the train?
(a) Braddocks
(b) Robert Cohn
(c) Harvey Stone
(d) Brett and Mike

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

5. What does Cohn tell Jake after Jake apologizes for telling him to go to hell?
(a) He tells Jake that he is the best friend he has.
(b) He threatens Jake and tells him to watch his tongue.
(c) He insults Jake, saying that he is not worth the trouble.
(d) He tells Jake that he doesn't want to see him again.

6. Who do Bill and Jake see in a taxi as they are walking down the street to a restaurant?
(a) Robert Cohn
(b) Harvey Stone
(c) Lady Brett Ashley
(d) Mike Campbell

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 has to go to South America. He just has to.
(d) He says that he can't do it. Nothing will make him do it.

8. Who does Brett leave the dance-club with?
(a) Georgette
(b) Jake
(c) Cohn
(d) Braddocks

9. Who arrives at Jake's flat after he finishes showering?
(a) Brett and Robert Cohn
(b) Robert Cohn and Harvey Stone
(c) Brett and Harvey Stone
(d) Brett and Count Mippipopolous

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

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

12. How does Jake describe being in love to Brett?
(a) He thinks love is for the birds.
(b) He says that being in love is fun and an enjoyable feeling.
(c) He thinks love is
(d) He believes love if not what the poets says it is.

13. Jake feels he did not give an accurate picture of Robert Cohn. What does he add to his description of Cohn?
(a) Cohn insults other people constantly, looking for ways to start arguments.
(b) Cohn is a conceited, self-centered man who is a sore loser at tennis.
(c) 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.
(d) Cohn is superficial, only caring about what he wears and how he looks.

14. How does Jake introduce Georgette to his friends when they meet at the restaurant?
(a) As his fiancée
(b) As a poule he picked up on the street
(c) As his cousin
(d) As his sister

15. Where does Brett tell Jake she is going?
(a) America
(b) San Sebastian
(c) England
(d) Africa

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cohn, what is the reason Frances would not go to South America with him?

2. What does Jake do to pass the time while he waits for Brett to meet him at the Hotel Crillon?

3. What is the financial status of Robert Cohn's parents who reside in New York?

4. What advice does Jake give to Robert Cohn when they go to the café below Jakes office?

5. What does Jake do to pass the time while Brett and Robert Cohn are out of town?

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