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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. While eating lunch at Wetzels's, Jake asks Cohn how his writing is progressing. What is Cohn's reply?

2. What are the two ideas Robert Cohn gets from W. H. Hudson's novel, "The Purple Land"?

3. What does Jake do when he gets to his office after breakfast?

4. Where does Jake tell Cohn that he met Brett?

5. Why does Jake think of Cohn as Moses seeing the Promised Land for the first time while they are having a drink together at the dance?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. While dancing with Brett, Jake feels he is in a nightmare that he has had before and has to go through again. Why does he think this?

3. Jake has lunch with Cohn and once again, Cohn asks Jake about South America. Jake tells Cohn to go with his fiancée, Frances. What is Cohn's reply?

4. What does Cohn say he in his letter to Jake from Hendaye?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Evaluate the relationship between Mike Campbell and Brett Ashley.

2) Are they a good match?

3) How do they treat one another?

4) Is it an equal, strong partnership?

5) Do they accept one another for who they are?

Justify all answers.

Essay Topic 2

1) The feelings of the characters seem to change dramatically by the end of the novel.

2) How do the main characters feel about themselves at the beginning of the story?

3) How do they feel at the end of the story?

4) How do they feel about each other at the start of the novel and how do they feel at the end?

Essay Topic 3

1) Summarize how Hemingway uses local color to describe the Basque country while Jake and Bill are traveling.

2) Cite some examples of the countryside, dress, people, and customs.

3) Are Jake and Bill welcomed by the Basques? Explain.

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