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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Jake give to Robert Cohn when they go to the café below Jakes office?
(a) Live your life now because you will be dead in thirty years.
(b) You can't get away from yourself by traveling from place to place.
(c) Don't waste your life staying in one place.
(d) Traveling is a great way to get away from your problems.

2. What excuses do Brett and Jake give when the Count suggests that they get married?
(a) They say that they are incompatible and argue too much.
(b) They say that they want to live their own lives and have their careers.
(c) They say that they don't want to be tied down and are only friends.
(d) They say that they are not the marrying kind and are not ready to settle down.

3. What is the name of the hotel that Jake, Bill and Cohen stay at in Pamplona?
(a) Hotel Bayonne
(b) Hotel Torino
(c) Hotel Basque
(d) Hotel Montoya

4. What is Brett's reaction when Jake kisses her in the taxi?
(a) She moves to the corner of the seat, far away from Jake and puts her head down.
(b) She acts pleasantly surprised.
(c) She pushes closer to Jake, putting her arms around him.
(d) She asks him to kiss her again.

5. What is Cohn's response when Bill suggests that he not look at the horses when the bull gores them?
(a) Cohn says that he is only worried that he will be bored.
(b) Cohn tells Bill to mind his own business.
(c) Cohn is afraid he will not be able to look at the dying horses.
(d) Cohn is worried he might faint at the sight of the horse's blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jake ask himself as he leaves Frances and Cohn in the café?

2. Who do Bill and Jake see in a taxi as they are walking down the street to a restaurant?

3. When Robert Cohn returns to Paris from America, he is a changed man. In what way does he change?

4. What did it mean when the Basque said "Arriba" to Bill and Jake?

5. According to Cohn, what is the reason Frances would not go to South America with him?

(see the answer key)

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