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

2. How did Robert Cohn spend his time while in Europe with Frances?
(a) He writes a novel, reads books, plays bridge, plays tennis and boxes.
(b) He takes up painting and sculpture.
(c) He goes back to school and studies law.
(d) He starts a new arts magazine, and wines and dines Frances.

3. 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.

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

5. What are the two pieces of mail that Jakes picks up from the concierge when he returns to his flat?
(a) A bank statement and a wedding invitation
(b) A college commencement invitation and a letter from Brett
(c) A postcard from an army buddy and a letter from his sister
(d) A letter from his brother in America and a bank statement

Short Answer Questions

1. Jake and Cohn get into an argument during lunch. What is the argument about?

2. Where does Jake think Robert Cohn gets his dislike of Paris?

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

4. How does Mike feel about missing the fight and staying with Brett for the evening?

5. Who do Jake and Bill share their train compartment with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Jake and Bill share a train compartment with An American man, his wife, and their young son, Hubert. What are a few of the subjects they discuss?

4. Jake continues to feel miserable because he cannot be with Brett. He suggests that they live together. What is Brett's reply?

5. Why does Brett flirt with so many men and keep an accounting of how many men become infatuated with her?

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

7. Why does Cohn resort to kicking Jake under the table when Jake suggests they meet a girl he knows in Strasbourg?

8. 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?

9. Robert Cohn gets his novel published in America. How does his personality change when he returns to Paris?

10. Why does Cohn send his fiancée, Frances back to England to visit friends?

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