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

2. What does Jake tell Cohn about Brett when he inquires about her?
(a) He doesn't have anything to say about her. He doesn't want to discuss it.
(b) She is not worth the time of day. Stay away from her.
(c) She's nice and her name is Lady Ashley. She is getting a divorce, so she can marry someone named Mike Campbell.
(d) She will hurt you if you try to get close.

3. Why does the concierge of Jake's flat changer her opinion of Brett?
(a) She sees that Brett is from a low class family, penniless and a fortune hunter.
(b) She sees that Brett is very nice, of a good family and very gentile.
(c) She sees that Brett is a shrew who should be avoided.
(d) She discovers that Brett is rude, crude, and ignorant.

4. Why doesn't Brett want Jake to touch her?
(a) She is not feeling well.
(b) She has no feelings for him.
(c) She loves someone else.
(d) She loves him and can't stand that they are unable to do anything about it.

5. How is Brett feeling when Jake says goodbye to her at her hotel?
(a) She is indifferent to Jake.
(b) She is miserable and says she will not see Jake again.
(c) She is happy and looking forward to her wedding to Michael.
(d) She is excited about leaving Jake and getting on with her life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jake ask himself as he leaves Frances and Cohn in the café?

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

4. What did Frances say that Robert did to his secretary at Frances' request?

5. Where do Brett and Jake decide to go after leaving the dance-club?

Short Essay Questions

1. Brett comes to Jake's room late at night with Count Mippipopolous. They ask him to go to Zelli's. Jake refuses the invitation. As they drive away, what does Jake think about the night?

2. Why does Robert Cohn become obsessed about going to South America?

3. Count Mippipopolous enjoys everything life has to offer. What explanation does he five for this?

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

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

6. 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?

7. How does Jake justify saying nasty things about Brett to Robert Cohn?

8. How does Jake describe Cohn's first encounter with Lady Brett Ashley?

9. 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?

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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