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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 is Brett's reaction when Jake kisses her in the taxi?
(a) She acts pleasantly surprised.
(b) She moves to the corner of the seat, far away from Jake and puts her head down.
(c) She asks him to kiss her again.
(d) She pushes closer to Jake, putting her arms around him.

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

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

4. How does Jake describe being in love to Brett?
(a) He says that being in love is fun and an enjoyable feeling.
(b) He thinks love is for the birds.
(c) He thinks love is
(d) He believes love if not what the poets says it is.

5. What is Jake's reply when Cohn asks him if he is worried about his life passing him by?
(a) Jake says that sometimes it bothers him.
(b) Jake says that he is through with worrying.
(c) Jake says that he is always worried about it.
(d) Jake says that he is worried and depressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Frances continues her tirade against Cohn, what does she think is the real reason why he won't marry her?

2. According to Cohn, what is the reason Frances would not go to South America with him?

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?

4. What does Jake do when Georgette touches him while they are driving in the horse-cab?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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. Explain why Robert Cohn marries the first girl who is nice to him after he graduates from Princeton.

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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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