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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 is an aficionado?
2. Why were workmen putting up gate-posts that shut off the side streets in Pamplona?
3. What does Bill reveal to Jake after they finish bantering about Henry's bicycle?
4. What type of artwork is hanging from the walls in Jake's hotel?
5. How does Pedro Romero's bull fighting invoke emotion in the crowd?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Cohn decide to do now that Brett is staying over in San Sebastian and what are Jake's feelings about it?
2. Cohn wants to see Jake after knocking him unconscious. Does Jake go to see Cohn or does he decide against it? Explain.
3. 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?
4. What type of personal conversations do Bill and Jake get into while they are in the countryside fishing?
5. Is Mike Campbell justified in comparing Robert Cohen to one of the steers?
6. Summarize the description Jake gives of Basque country.
7. Why is the bull fighter, Romero, the main attraction of all the bull fighters?
8. What are the feelings that Brett reveals to Jake about Pedro Romero?
9. Explain how the fist fight between Robert Cohn and Jake Barnes gets started?
10. What took place during the paseo in Pamplona?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1) Interpret the feelings Jake and Brett have for each other.
2) Are their emotions authentic or shallow? Why?
3) Are they truthful with each other or secretive? Explain.
4) What regrets do they have at the end of the novel with regard to their relationship?
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) 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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