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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jake is about to leave the dance-club, what does he give the patronne for Georgette?
(a) His address
(b) Fifty francs
(c) A bottle of wine
(d) A brandy and soda

2. Jake runs into some of his friends while eating at the restaurant with Georgette. Where does Braddocks ask Jake and Georgette to go?
(a) A walk along the Seinne
(b) To Foyot's
(c) To the Louvre
(d) To the dance club, bal musette

3. What does Jake do to pass the time while Brett and Robert Cohn are out of town?
(a) He begins writing his first novel.
(b) He drinks too much and pines over Brett.
(c) He mopes around, feeling sorry for himself.
(d) He works, goes to the races, dines with friends and puts extra time in at the office.

4. Where does Jake think Robert Cohn gets his dislike of Paris?
(a) From Fances's bad attitude toward Paris
(b) From the opinionated writings of Mencken
(c) From negative experiences he has had
(d) From cultural discussions with Braddocks

5. How does Jake justify the insulting things he says?
(a) He explains that he has a nasty tongue but he doesn't mean what he says.
(b) He says that he is only telling the truth.
(c) He says that he had a rough night and isn't thinking straight.
(d) He blames his attitude on his war injury.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Count receive the wounds above his ribs?

2. Why doesn't Jake eat at Madame Lecomte's restaurant very often?

3. Who arrives at Jake's flat after he finishes showering?

4. Who does Jake say are the only people who live their lives to the fullest?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Bill and Jake meet Mike Campbell and Brett at the café, Select. What is Mike's condition?

2. Why does Cohn resort to kicking Jake under the table when Jake suggests they meet a girl he knows in Strasbourg?

3. Why don't Jake and Bill get to eat lunch until three-thirty in the afternoon when they are traveling on the train to Bayonne? What is Bill's reaction?

4. Can you predict what might happen to Robert Cohen by Jake's comment that Cohn never made a nasty remark to anyone until he fell in love with Brett?

5. What words of wisdom does Jake give to Robert Cohn about traveling and trying to escape from himself?

6. Compare the different ways that Jake and Brett feel about being in love with each other.

7. Describe Jake's frame of mind the morning after he is so distraught over Brett's leaving with Count Mippipopolous.

8. While dancing with Brett, Jake feels he is in a nightmare that he has had before and has to go through again. Why does he think this?

9. Count Mippipopolous enjoys everything life has to offer. What explanation does he five for this?

10. What does Cohn say he in his letter to Jake from Hendaye?

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