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

2. What is morality, according to Jake?

3. Bill mentions that Romero's face looks badly bruised. What is Brett's reply?

4. What part of the countryside did Jake's bus travel after stopping at the posada to drop off packages?

5. How long does the fiesta last?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. How did Pedro Romero perform in the bull ring after getting a severe beating from Robert Cohn?

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

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

7. 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?

8. Is Mike Campbell justified in comparing Robert Cohen to one of the steers?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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) Do you think Jake is truthful as the narrator?

2) Describe his emotions while he tells the story.

3) Is he jealous, angry, drunk, tolerant or impartial?

4) Cite examples from the novel.

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