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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. When Brett doesn't show up at the Hotel Crillon, Jake takes a cab to the Select. Who asks him to sit down when he arrives?
(a) Brett Ashley
(b) Harvey Stone
(c) Robert Cohn
(d) Braddocks

2. 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 always worried about it.
(c) Jake says that he is worried and depressed.
(d) Jake says that he is through with worrying.

3. What are Jake and Bill Gorton planning to do during their trip to Spain?
(a) Visit the vineyards in Pamplona
(b) Tour the Basque country and relax in Barcelona
(c) Do some fishing and go to the festival in Pamplona
(d) See an opera and do some fishing

4. Why does Jake give Harvey some money?
(a) Harvey hasn't eaten in five days, wants to be alone and doesn't care if he eats.
(b) Harvey has been threatened by debt collectors.
(c) Jake wants him to use the money to find a flat.
(d) Jake wants Harvey to place a bet for him with his bookie.

5. After five years of marriage, three children and spending close to fifty thousand dollars, what does Robert Cohn's rich wife do?
(a) She leaves him for a painter of miniatures.
(b) She gives him a surprise anniversary party.
(c) She tells him she would like to get a job.
(d) She announces that she is pregnant again.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Jake eat at Madame Lecomte's restaurant very often?

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

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

4. When does Brett say she is going to marry Michael?

5. As Jake lies in bed, what does he start thinking about that keeps him from sleeping?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize how Jake amuses himself while Brett is in San Sebastian and Cohn is out of town?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the condition of Jake's friend, Harvey Stone.

7. 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?

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

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

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

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