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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. Who does Jake share a taxi with after the press conference at Quai d'Orsay?

2. What does Jake do to pass the time while Brett and Robert Cohn are out of town?

3. What is Mike assigned to bring to Pamplona?

4. What title does Robert Cohn achieve while attending Princeton?

5. What effect does the imitation absinthe drink called pernod have on those who drink it?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mike Campbell show his love for Brett?

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

10. Jake feels sorry for Cohn because he is bored with his life, but why can't Jake help him?

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) 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 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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