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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. How does Jake describe being in love to Brett?
(a) He thinks love is for the birds.
(b) He says that being in love is fun and an enjoyable feeling.
(c) He thinks love is
(d) He believes love if not what the poets says it is.

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

3. Why doesn't Brett want Jake to touch her?
(a) She loves someone else.
(b) She loves him and can't stand that they are unable to do anything about it.
(c) She is not feeling well.
(d) She has no feelings for him.

4. What is the description Jake gives of the town of Bayonne?
(a) A smelly Spanish town with a rancid river running through it
(b) A nice Spanish town, very clean, on a large river
(c) A dirty Spanish town, cluttered with litter
(d) A gloomy Spanish town with dark, unkempt streets

5. What does Bill tell Jake he should be the minute he gets up in the morning?
(a) Adamant and angry
(b) Comical and nonchalant
(c) Ironical and full of pity
(d) Serious and ready to work

Short Answer Questions

1. As Jake watches Brett walk up the street from his flat and get into the Count's limousine, what is he thinking?

2. What is the view Jake and Bill have from the train as they pass through Landes?

3. How is Robert Cohn feeling while he and Jake wait for Brett's train to arrive?

4. Jake feels he did not give an accurate picture of Robert Cohn. What does he add to his description of Cohn?

5. What do Jake, Bill and Cohn decide to do after Jake receives the telegram from Brett says she and Mike stopped in San Sebastian for the night?

(see the answer key)

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