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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. As Jake watches Brett walk up the street from his flat and get into the Count's limousine, what is he thinking?
(a) He wonders what it would be like if he was able to have a normal relationship with Brett.
(b) He thinks that he should be getting back to bed.
(c) He thinks that he should have gone with Brett when she offered to bring him to Zelli's.
(d) He thinks that it is easy to be brave and ignore things in the daytime, but at night, all the worries and heartache returns.

2. How did Robert Cohn spend his time while in Europe with Frances?
(a) He writes a novel, reads books, plays bridge, plays tennis and boxes.
(b) He starts a new arts magazine, and wines and dines Frances.
(c) He goes back to school and studies law.
(d) He takes up painting and sculpture.

3. Where was the Count when he received his wounds?
(a) In the Italian front
(b) On a naval ship
(c) On a business trip
(d) Fighting in a revolution

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

5. Bill Gorton says that Vienna "is a strange city". What city does he compare it to?
(a) New York
(b) Rome
(c) Barcelona
(d) Paris

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Harvey's opinion of Robert Cohn?

2. Jake is awakened at 4:30 in the morning by a loud voice downstairs arguing with the concierge. Who comes looking for him at his flat?

3. Who asks Jake to lunch after he gets back to the office?

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

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the conversation Jake has with Cohn about Brett when they go out for lunch.

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