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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. When Romero says that he kills his friends, to whom is he referring?

2. How are the houses in Burguete arranged?

3. What does the crowd do to Romero after the bullfights are over?

4. What is the name of the hotel that Jake, Bill and Cohen stay at in Pamplona?

5. What is an aficionado?

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. What does Cohn decide to do now that Brett is staying over in San Sebastian and what are Jake's feelings about it?

3. Explain how the fist fight between Robert Cohn and Jake Barnes gets started?

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

5. Summarize the description Jake gives of Basque country.

6. 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?

7. What does Cohn do when he finds Pedro Romero with Brett?

8. Bill calls Jake an expatriate. What does he mean by this?

9. 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?

10. Relate why Montoya, the hotel owner in Pamplona, smiles at Jake and asks if Bill is an aficionado?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Give three examples of when Jake comes to the aid of Brett when she asks for help.

2) Defend or criticize his reasons for helping her.

3) Do you think she is justified in asking for his help?

4) What is your opinion of Jake when he continually helps Brett?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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