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

2. Where do the Count, Brett, and Jake go after they finish dinner in the restaurant?

3. What happens to Jake when he suggests he and Cohn go to Strasbourg for the weekend to meet a girl he knows there?

4. Where do Jake and Bill decide to go after eating at Madame Lecomte's?

5. What are Jake and Bill Gorton planning to do during their trip to Spain?

Short Essay Questions

1. Cohn divorces after five years of marriage and another woman takes control of his life. Who is this woman and what does she expect to get from Cohn?

2. What prompts Jake to ask the street girl, Georgette to dinner?

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

4. What is pernod and what type of reaction does a person have after drinking it?

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

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

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. What words of wisdom does Jake give to Robert Cohn about traveling and trying to escape from himself?

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

10. Discuss Brett's reaction when Jake kisses her in the taxi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Compare and contrast Brett Ashley and Cohn's fiancée, Frances.

2) Which of the two women is more like the women of today?

3) Defend the answer with examples from the novel and instances of modern day women.

Essay Topic 2

1) Summarize the lifestyle of Jake Barnes and his friends.

2) What do they do for work?

3) How do they spend their spare time?

4) Explain why they are happy or dissatisfied with their lifestyles.

5) Cite examples from the story to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

1) Discuss the value system of Count Mippipopolous.

2) How did he develop his set of values? Is he satisfied with his life or is he miserable?

3) Has he lived life to its potential?

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