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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What are the two ideas Robert Cohn gets from W. H. Hudson's novel, "The Purple Land"?
(a) Going to see bull-fighters will spice up his life and getting married is necessary for a man.
(b) South America will help him live life and he doesn't like Paris.
(c) Dating many women is the thing to do and writing a novel is fulfilling.
(d) Everyone needs many children and live through your children.

4. Who are the two friends Robert Cohn has during his three years in Europe?
(a) Spider Kelly and Frances
(b) Spider Kelly and Braddocks
(c) Jake and Spider Kelly
(d) Braddocks and Jake

5. What does Jake do when he gets to his office after breakfast?
(a) He reads the French morning papers, smokes and sets to work on the typewriter.
(b) He sits at his desk, wallowing in self-pity.
(c) He tries to concentrate on his typing, but can't hold a clear thought.
(d) He has a cup of coffee and then decides to go home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jake tells Brett that he loves her so much and makes a suggestion to her. What is the suggestion?

2. When Brett doesn't show up at the Hotel Crillon, Jake takes a cab to the Select. Who asks him to sit down when he arrives?

3. The Count boasts that he has been around. Where has he been?

4. After his miserable night crying over Brett, Jake walks down the Boulevard to the rue Soufflot for breakfast. What is his frame of mind?

5. Why does Jake ask Georgette, the prostitute, to have dinner with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Brett's reaction when Jake kisses her in the taxi?

2. During a dance at the dance club, Brett and Jake have a conversation about Mike. What do they talk about?

3. Cohn divorces after five years of marriage and another woman takes control of his life. Who is this woman and what does she expect to get from Cohn?

4. Why did Robert Cohn take up boxing while attending Princeton?

5. Compare the different ways that Jake and Brett feel about being in love with each other.

6. While dancing with Brett, Jake feels he is in a nightmare that he has had before and has to go through again. Why does he think this?

7. Jake has lunch with Cohn and once again, Cohn asks Jake about South America. Jake tells Cohn to go with his fiancée, Frances. What is Cohn's reply?

8. Bill and Jake meet Mike Campbell and Brett at the café, Select. What is Mike's condition?

9. What is pernod and what type of reaction does a person have after drinking it?

10. Why don't Jake and Bill get to eat lunch until three-thirty in the afternoon when they are traveling on the train to Bayonne? What is Bill's reaction?

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