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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. What does Jake read after putting on his pajamas and getting into bed?
(a) He reads the New York Times which he has delivered to him from America.
(b) He reads a few pages of a novel, hoping it will put him to sleep.
(c) He reads
(d) He reads the Paris daily newspaper.

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

3. When Robert Cohn returns to Paris from America, he is a changed man. In what way does he change?
(a) He wants to elope with Frances immediately.
(b) He knows he is deeply in love with Frances.
(c) He withdraws into himself, rarely going out.
(d) He is not so simple or so nice, and not as pleasant to have around.

4. What advice do people offer Jake about his war injury that he resents so much?
(a) They tell him not to think about it.
(b) They tell him he is lucky; it could have been worse.
(c) They say it is better than getting killed.
(d) They tell him it is not important and he shouldn't worry about it.

5. Robert Cohn is a Jewish man attending Princeton. How does this make him feel?
(a) Superior and snooty
(b) Outgoing and proud
(c) Angry and reclusive
(d) Inferior and shy

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cohn tell Jake after Jake apologizes for telling him to go to hell?

2. Why does Frances tell Robert not to have scenes with his young ladies?

3. Bill Gorton says that Vienna "is a strange city". What city does he compare it to?

4. Jake runs into some of his friends while eating at the restaurant with Georgette. Where does Braddocks ask Jake and Georgette to go?

5. What are the two pieces of mail that Jakes picks up from the concierge when he returns to his flat?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Summarize the lengthy description Jake gives of Robert Cohen in this chapter.

3. Mike asks Jake if he and Brett can go to Spain with him. Jake agrees and Brett asks if it will be too hard on Cohn. Why doesn't Jake understand this question and what is his reaction when he finds out?

4. What words of wisdom does Jake give to Robert Cohn about traveling and trying to escape from himself?

5. 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?

6. Describe Jake's frame of mind the morning after he is so distraught over Brett's leaving with Count Mippipopolous.

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

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

9. Jake feels sorry for Cohn because he is bored with his life, but why can't Jake help him?

10. What does Cohn say he in his letter to Jake from Hendaye?

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