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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 ask himself as he leaves Frances and Cohn in the café?

2. Robert Cohn is a Jewish man attending Princeton. How does this make him feel?

3. According to Cohn, what is the reason Frances would not go to South America with him?

4. How does Mike feel about missing the fight and staying with Brett for the evening?

5. Where do Brett and Jake decide to go after leaving the dance-club?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Jake lies in bed trying to sleep, what does he continue to think about?

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

3. Why does Cohn send his fiancée, Frances back to England to visit friends?

4. Summarize the lengthy description Jake gives of Robert Cohen in this chapter.

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

6. Bill and Jake meet Mike Campbell and Brett at the café, Select. What is Mike's condition?

7. 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?

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

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

10. When Bill Gorton arrives in Paris to see Jake; he says that his trip to Vienna did not go so well. What was the problem with the trip?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Jake's impotence is mentioned many times in the novel.

2) Analyze how the theme of impotence is presented in the novel and what it symbolizes.

3) How does impotence relate to other themes in the novel?

4) Use examples from the story to support the answer.

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) 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.

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