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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 types of emotion do Jake and his friends feel after the bull fight is over?
(a) Disgusted and drained
(b) Excited and aggressive
(c) Disturbed and elated
(d) Subdued and disturbed

2. What part of the countryside did Jake's bus travel after stopping at the posada to drop off packages?
(a) Through the crowded city streets
(b) Through a soot covered mill town
(c) Through rough, rocky plains
(d) Through farming country with rocky hills

3. How does Jake feel about Robert Cohn after Brett does not show up on the train?
(a) Jake is unforgiving and jealous of Cohn. He hates him and wants to hurt him.
(b) He thinks Cohn is a good friend and has a pleasant attitude.
(c) He lets bygones be bygones and forgives Cohn for going to San Sebastian with Brett.
(d) He sympathizes with Cohn's disappointment when Brett doesn't show up.

4. Why are Jake and Bill annoyed by the telegram from Cohn that says he will be arriving Thursday?
(a) The tone of the message annoys them.
(b) The overly long message annoys them.
(c) The short, abrupt message annoys them.
(d) The lateness of the message annoys them.

5. What fortune does Brett give to Pedro Romero when she reads his palm?
(a) There are thousands of bulls in his life and he will live a long time.
(b) He will live a long life but give up bull fighting.
(c) She sees fear in his palm.
(d) He will fall in love very soon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the religious festival celebrated on July 6?

2. How does Pedro Romero's bull fighting invoke emotion in the crowd?

3. What is the description Jake gives of the town of Bayonne?

4. When Romero says that he kills his friends, to whom is he referring?

5. What does Robert Cohn do when he finds Brett and Pedro Romero in bed together?

Short Essay Questions

1. On the day the bull fights are to take place, Cohn tells Bill and Jake that he hopes he won't be bored at the bull fight. What is Bill's reaction to Cohn's comment?

2. Explain how the fist fight between Robert Cohn and Jake Barnes gets started?

3. Bill calls Jake an expatriate. What does he mean by this?

4. What does Cohn do when he finds Pedro Romero with Brett?

5. Both Bill and Jake are irritated when Cohn says that he doesn't think Brett and Mike are going to show up when they are supposed to. What happens as a result of Cohn's annoying comments?

6. Relate why Montoya, the hotel owner in Pamplona, smiles at Jake and asks if Bill is an aficionado?

7. How did Pedro Romero perform in the bull ring after getting a severe beating from Robert Cohn?

8. What type of personal conversations do Bill and Jake get into while they are in the countryside fishing?

9. What does Cohn decide to do now that Brett is staying over in San Sebastian and what are Jake's feelings about it?

10. What are Jake's thoughts as he lies in bed after the evening with Bill, Mike and Brett?

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