Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where was the Count when he received his wounds?
2. Who do Jake and Bill share their train compartment with?
3. Why does Krum have a difficult time going out to the Dingo or the Select?
4. Why is Frances saying terrible, sarcastic comments to Cohn in front of Jake at the café?
5. What is Jake referring to when he says to Brett, "you like to add them up."?
Short Essay Questions
1. Bill and Jake meet Mike Campbell and Brett at the café, Select. What is Mike's condition?
2. What prompts Jake to ask the street girl, Georgette to dinner?
3. 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?
4. What does Cohn say he in his letter to Jake from Hendaye?
5. Jake feels sorry for Cohn because he is bored with his life, but why can't Jake help him?
6. 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?
7. Compare the different ways that Jake and Brett feel about being in love with each other.
8. Why does Cohn resort to kicking Jake under the table when Jake suggests they meet a girl he knows in Strasbourg?
9. Jake continues to feel miserable because he cannot be with Brett. He suggests that they live together. What is Brett's reply?
10. Summarize how Jake amuses himself while Brett is in San Sebastian and Cohn is out of town?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1) Write an introduction to the novel discussing Hemingway's writing style.
2) Include his use of dialogue, point of view of the narrator, and how it affects the story, and the inference of Hemingway's personal life.
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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.
|
This section contains 888 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
