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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 will the spectators do on the morning of the first day of the bull fights?

2. What fortune does Brett give to Pedro Romero when she reads his palm?

3. What does Brett say about Cohn after she tells him that she and Jake want to be alone?

4. What is the description Jake gives of the town of Bayonne?

5. What do Bill and Cohn make a bet over while eating at the Hotel Montoya?

Short Essay Questions

1. Cohn wants to see Jake after knocking him unconscious. Does Jake go to see Cohn or does he decide against it? Explain.

2. Jake and Bill meet a Basque who lived in America forty years before. What parts of America had he visited and why did he return to Spain?

3. What are Jake's thoughts as he lies in bed after the evening with Bill, Mike and Brett?

4. Both Bill and Jake are irritated when Cohn says that he doesn't think Brett and Mike are going to show up when they are supposed to. What happens as a result of Cohn's annoying comments?

5. What type of personal conversations do Bill and Jake get into while they are in the countryside fishing?

6. On the day the bull fights are to take place, Cohn tells Bill and Jake that he hopes he won't be bored at the bull fight. What is Bill's reaction to Cohn's comment?

7. How does Pedro Romero view the bulls that he fights?

8. How do the pictures on the walls of Jake's and Bill's hotel in Burguete add to the coldness of the room?

9. What do Jake, Bill and the Basques do to pass the time on the bus to Burguete?

10. What are the feelings that Brett reveals to Jake about Pedro Romero?

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) Frances tells Jake that Cohn fired his secretary when she asked him to.

2) What does this reveal about the character of Robert Cohn?

3) What does it reveal about Frances's character?

4) Are their actions admirable or not? Why?

5) What emotions provoke the two of them to act this way?

Essay Topic 3

1) Describe what takes place during the fiesta of San Fermin.

2) How long does it last? What is involved in the festival? What preparations are made for the festival?

3) Who takes part in the celebrations?

4) What does the last day of the celebration consist of?

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