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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did it mean when the Basque said "Arriba" to Bill and Jake?
(a) Lift it up
(b) Put the cork on
(c) Put it down
(d) Stop drinking

2. Why did the bus have to pull over to the side of the road as it climbed into the hills?
(a) To give room to six mules pulling a heavily loaded freight wagon
(b) To give room to pilgrims passing on the road
(c) To make room for the wild goats on the hillside
(d) So everyone could get a good view of the countryside

3. Bill lectures Jake about being an expatriate. What does he say has ruined Jake?
(a) Too little caffeine
(b) Fake European standards
(c) Not enough reading
(d) Not enough exercise

4. Where does Jake go after he leaves the archivist's office?
(a) He goes to the barber and takes a bath.
(b) He walks back to the Hotel Montoya and takes a nap.
(c) He walks to the cathedral, goes inside and prays.
(d) He walks to the bull-fighting arena, sits in the stands and thinks.

5. Jake says that the first meal in Spain is "always a shock". What does the meal consist of?
(a) Rolled olive leaves, smoked fish, and spicy vegetables
(b) Hors d'oeuvres, an egg course, two meat courses, vegetables, salad, dessert and fruit with wine to wash it down
(c) Poached eggs with cheese sauce, spicy beans, hot vegetable stew
(d) Spicy beans with hot sauce, spicy vegetables, dried beef

6. While on the bus, Bill and Jake have a conversation with an old man who says that he lived in America forty years ago. Why did he return to Spain?
(a) He missed his homeland.
(b) To get married
(c) He was broke.
(d) To attend his mother's funeral

7. When Jake returns to his room after his fight with Cohn, Bill tells him that Cohn wants to see him. What does Cohn want from Jake?
(a) To continue the fight
(b) Forgiveness
(c) An apology
(d) The whereabouts of Brett

8. What is one of the methods smugglers use to cross from France into Spain?
(a) They take boats down the stream.
(b) They try to convince other travelers to hide them in their vehicles.
(c) They wait for nightfall and sneak through the Spanish frontier.
(d) They wade across the stream.

9. Bill and Jake sit down to eat lunch after fishing and have an amusing conversation about the different men they went to college with. Which men do they mention?
(a) Bryan, Mencken, Frankie Fritsch, Bishop Manning, and Wayne Wheeler
(b) Harris, Henry Ford, Roosevelt, and Wheeler
(c) Bishop Manning, Henry James, Fitzgerald, and Roosevelt
(d) Henry James, Abraham Lincoln, Grant, and Keats

10. Bill mentions that Romero's face looks badly bruised. What is Brett's reply?
(a) That Cohn is to blame.
(b) That Romero is hurt, but he will be fine
(c) That Romero is badly hurt and should be in bed
(d) That it isn't as bad as it looks.

11. What is an aficionado?
(a) A person who is passionate about the bull-fights
(b) A person who brings the bulls to the arena
(c) A woman who throws flowers at the bull-fights
(d) Someone who over indulges in wine

12. What does the crowd do to Romero after the bullfights are over?
(a) They lift him on their shoulders and carry him out the gate.
(b) They leave him alone to be with Brett.
(c) They quietly let him pass through the gate.
(d) They insult the way he fought the bulls.

13. What does the bull fight critic say about Pedro Romero's performance in the ring when Jake is having a drink with them?
(a) He says that Romero is the best fighter he has ever seen.
(b) He says that Romero's work is good but incomplete.
(c) He says that Romero should find another line of work.
(d) He says that Romero is just an amateur.

14. How does Pedro Romero's bull fighting invoke emotion in the crowd?
(a) He keeps the purity of line in his movements, letting the bull's horns pass closely by him.
(b) He loudly cheers each time the bull passes him.
(c) He corkscrews his body and leans away from the bull as it runs by.
(d) He uses many tricks to make it look like he is in danger.

15. What is the reason Brett tells Jake she is a goner?
(a) She finds out she is very sick.
(b) She is still in love with Jake.
(c) She thinks she drinks too much.
(d) She is hopelessly in love with Pedro Romero.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Jake and Bill annoyed by the telegram from Cohn that says he will be arriving Thursday?

2. What is Jake's philosophy that everything that is good has to be paid for?

3. What will the spectators do on the morning of the first day of the bull fights?

4. Why does Cohn start a fight with Jake at the Cafe Suizo and knock him out?

5. Why were workmen putting up gate-posts that shut off the side streets in Pamplona?

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