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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. Jake runs into some of his friends while eating at the restaurant with Georgette. Where does Braddocks ask Jake and Georgette to go?
(a) To the dance club, bal musette
(b) A walk along the Seinne
(c) To the Louvre
(d) To Foyot's

2. As Frances continues her tirade against Cohn, what does she think is the real reason why he won't marry her?
(a) His children would be hurt by the marriage.
(b) He wouldn't be able to hang out in the cafes as much.
(c) It would be romantic to say that he had a mistress for two years.
(d) He feels he is not good enough for her.

3. What does Cohn decide when Brett sends him a letter saying he doesn't have to go on the trip to Spain with them?
(a) He refuses to answer her letter.
(b) He decides to go anyway.
(c) He asks Jake to tell Brett not to go on the trip.
(d) He says that he would rather not go.

4. What words does Mike repeat to describe Brett to Jake and Bill?
(a) A lovely rose
(b) A bountiful beauty
(c) A lovely piece
(d) A raving beauty

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jake read after putting on his pajamas and getting into bed?

2. What are the two ideas Robert Cohn gets from W. H. Hudson's novel, "The Purple Land"?

3. Where does Brett tell Jake she is going?

4. How did Robert Cohn spend his time while in Europe with Frances?

5. Where do the Count, Brett, and Jake go after they finish dinner in the restaurant?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. Can you predict what might happen to Robert Cohen by Jake's comment that Cohn never made a nasty remark to anyone until he fell in love with Brett?

5. As Jake lies in bed trying to sleep, what does he continue to think about?

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

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

8. When Bill Gorton arrives in Paris to see Jake; he says that his trip to Vienna did not go so well. What was the problem with the trip?

9. 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?

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

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