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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Bill Gorton during his stay in Vienna?
(a) Bill wins a large sum of money betting on a prize-fight.
(b) Bill is drunk for four days in Vienna and doesn't remember much about the trip.
(c) Bill has a wonderful trip full of pleasant memories.
(d) Bill is mugged while drunk in Vienna.

2. Where does Jake tell Cohn that he met Brett?
(a) He first saw her in a café in Paris.
(b) They met while on a cruise to England.
(c) She was a V.A.D. in a hospital he was in during the war.
(d) He met her in a bar in America.

3. What does Robert Cohn do while Jake works for two hours in the office?
(a) He helps Jake sort out carbons.
(b) He reads papers and falls asleep.
(c) He stuffs manila envelopes for Jake.
(d) He looks out the window at the Paris streets.

4. What is Brett's formal title?
(a) Lady Ashley
(b) Duchess Ashley
(c) Countess Ashley
(d) Mon Cherie Brett

5. Jake feels he did not give an accurate picture of Robert Cohn. What does he add to his description of Cohn?
(a) Cohn is superficial, only caring about what he wears and how he looks.
(b) Cohn is a conceited, self-centered man who is a sore loser at tennis.
(c) Cohn is an excellent tennis player with a good, athletic body. He is nice to other people, cheerful and didn't get angry when beaten in tennis.
(d) Cohn insults other people constantly, looking for ways to start arguments.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the condition of the countryside in the Basque country?

2. What advice does Bill give Jake about dreaming after they wake up from their afternoon nap?

3. What does Jake read after putting on his pajamas and getting into bed?

4. What news does Frances Clyne reveal to Jake when she asks him to go with her to the Dome?

5. Robert Cohn moves to California and uses the remainder of his fifty thousand dollars to back and become sole editor of what magazine?

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