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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 item does Pedro Romero give to his sword-handler to bring to Brett who is sitting in the stands?
2. What types of emotion do Jake and his friends feel after the bull fight is over?
3. What does Mike say to Brett after Cohn beats Pedro Romero?
4. What fortune does Brett give to Pedro Romero when she reads his palm?
5. Bill and Jake sit down to eat lunch after fishing and have an amusing conversation about the different men they went to college with. Which men do they mention?
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. Why is the bull fighter, Romero, the main attraction of all the bull fighters?
3. What type of personal conversations do Bill and Jake get into while they are in the countryside fishing?
4. 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?
5. Is Mike Campbell justified in comparing Robert Cohen to one of the steers?
6. What does Cohn do when he finds Pedro Romero with Brett?
7. What are Jake's thoughts as he lies in bed after the evening with Bill, Mike and Brett?
8. How did Pedro Romero perform in the bull ring after getting a severe beating from Robert Cohn?
9. How does Pedro Romero view the bulls that he fights?
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) Analyze the character of Robert Cohn.
2) How is he depicted by the narrator?
3) How do his own words and actions reveal his character?
4) What do Mike, Brett, Harvey Stone and Bill feel about Robert Cohn?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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