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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the hotel that Jake, Bill and Cohen stay at in Pamplona?
(a) Hotel Bayonne
(b) Hotel Basque
(c) Hotel Torino
(d) Hotel Montoya

2. What keepsake does Romero hand to Brett after he kills the last bull?
(a) His sword
(b) The bull's severed tongue
(c) The bloody cape
(d) The bull's severed ear

3. What types of emotion do Jake and his friends feel after the bull fight is over?
(a) Disgusted and drained
(b) Excited and aggressive
(c) Subdued and disturbed
(d) Disturbed and elated

4. What does Mike say to Brett after Cohn beats Pedro Romero?
(a) He tells her she should expect trouble if she associates with Jews and bull fighters.
(b) He says that Cohn is out of his mind.
(c) He tells her that he is sorry Romero got hurt.
(d) He asks her to go back to Paris with him.

5. What is the condition of the countryside in the Basque country?
(a) Overdeveloped land with many roads and vehicles
(b) The land is very rich and green with houses in good, clean condition.
(c) Dry, infertile land with small thatched huts scattered throughout
(d) Barren, forgettable countryside with small, dirty villages

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

7. What item does Pedro Romero give to his sword-handler to bring to Brett who is sitting in the stands?
(a) His gold-brocaded cape
(b) His black, silk sash
(c) His tri-cornered hat
(d) His leather gloves

8. How are the houses in Burguete arranged?
(a) In a circle around the town
(b) In city blocks
(c) Along both sides of the road and down side streets
(d) Along both sides of the road with no side streets

9. What do Jake, Bill and Cohn decide to do after Jake receives the telegram from Brett says she and Mike stopped in San Sebastian for the night?
(a) They decide to take the noon bus for Burguete.
(b) They decide that Jake and Cohn will go on to Burgete, and Bill will wait for Brett.
(c) They decide to wait until the next day before they go to Burguete.
(d) They decide to go to San Sebastian to meet Brett and Mike.

10. What advice does Bill give Jake about dreaming after they wake up from their afternoon nap?
(a) Jake should dream because all the successful businessmen are dreamers.
(b) Dreaming eases the burdens of the day.
(c) Dreaming is for children.
(d) Don't pay any attention to dreams. They don't have any meaning.

11. Why are Jake and Bill annoyed by the telegram from Cohn that says he will be arriving Thursday?
(a) The short, abrupt message annoys them.
(b) The overly long message annoys them.
(c) The lateness of the message annoys them.
(d) The tone of the message annoys them.

12. How do the spectators react when they feel they are cheated by Belmonte's bull fight?
(a) Turn their backs on him
(b) Sit down in silence
(c) Refuse to applaud
(d) Yell insults and throw food

13. What is Jake's philosophy that everything that is good has to be paid for?
(a) He says that payment is made by living life.
(b) He believes money will buy anything.
(c) He says that payment is made by working hard.
(d) He says that it is paid by learning, by experience, by taking chances, or by money.

14. Why were workmen putting up gate-posts that shut off the side streets in Pamplona?
(a) To prevent the bulls from running down the side streets when they were released into the street the next morning.
(b) So the women could hang flowers from the posts for the fiesta
(c) For the fiesta parade the next day
(d) To make a place for tying the spectator's horses during the bull fight

15. What do Bill and Cohn make a bet over while eating at the Hotel Montoya?
(a) Bill bets Cohn fifty pesetas that Brett and Mike arrive that evening. Cohen says that they won't come.
(b) Cohn bets Bill that he will not last to the end of the brutal bull fights.
(c) Cohn bets Bill that he will not be able to finish all the courses of the Spanish meal.
(d) Cohn bets Bill one hundred pesetas that Brett and Mike will show up the next day.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Jake and Bill stay warm after they finish their evening meal?

2. Bill lectures Jake about being an expatriate. What does he say has ruined Jake?

3. What is the cost for room and board at Jake's hotel in Burguete?

4. What is the reason Brett tells Jake she is a goner?

5. What does Bill tell Jake he should be the minute he gets up in the morning?

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