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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 Mike say to Brett after Cohn beats Pedro Romero?
2. What is the mood of Jake, Brett, and Cohn on the day before the fiesta?
3. What is the description Jake gives of the town of Bayonne?
4. What is the name of the bull fighter that Montoya introduces to Jake and Bill?
5. What is morality, according to Jake?
Short Essay Questions
1. Compare the weather as Bill and Jake depart on the bus to Burguete and the weather upon their arrival at Burguete. What images are given to describe the weather?
2. What took place during the paseo in Pamplona?
3. Relate why Montoya, the hotel owner in Pamplona, smiles at Jake and asks if Bill is an aficionado?
4. How did Pedro Romero perform in the bull ring after getting a severe beating from Robert Cohn?
5. 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?
6. Why is the bull fighter, Romero, the main attraction of all the bull fighters?
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. 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?
9. What type of personal conversations do Bill and Jake get into while they are in the countryside fishing?
10. What do Jake, Bill and the Basques do to pass the time on the bus to Burguete?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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) Compare and contrast Brett Ashley and Cohn's fiancée, Frances.
2) Which of the two women is more like the women of today?
3) Defend the answer with examples from the novel and instances of modern day women.
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