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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 Bill tell Jake he should be the minute he gets up in the morning?

2. As Jake, Bill, and Cohen drive across the plain to Pamplona, what is their first view of the town?

3. Jake says that the first meal in Spain is "always a shock". What does the meal consist of?

4. How do Jake and Bill stay warm after they finish their evening meal?

5. What is the weather like when Jake and Bill arrive in Burguete?

Short Essay Questions

1. Jake receives a telegram from Brett saying that they are staying over in San Sebastian overnight and will be late. How does Jake treat Cohn after he reads the telegram?

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. Why is the bull fighter, Romero, the main attraction of all the bull fighters?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) Evaluate the relationship between Mike Campbell and Brett Ashley.

2) Are they a good match?

3) How do they treat one another?

4) Is it an equal, strong partnership?

5) Do they accept one another for who they are?

Justify all answers.

Essay Topic 2

1) The theme of anti-Semitism appears many times throughout the novel.

2) Cite examples of anti-Semitism in the story and what effect it has on the characters.

3) Which characters are anti-Semitic?

4) How do they reveal their anti-Semitism?

5) Which characters are Jewish and how do they handle the prejudices against them?

Essay Topic 3

1) Summarize how Hemingway uses local color to describe the Basque country while Jake and Bill are traveling.

2) Cite some examples of the countryside, dress, people, and customs.

3) Are Jake and Bill welcomed by the Basques? Explain.

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