![]() |
Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where do Jake and Bill decide to go after eating at Madame Lecomte's?
2. How does Mike feel about missing the fight and staying with Brett for the evening?
3. Jake meets Brett and Mike at the Dingo and Mike is a bit drunk. What does Mike ask Jake at the time?
4. What does Cohn tell Jake after Jake apologizes for telling him to go to hell?
5. When Jake and Bill try to get tickets for the first lunch service on the train, what does the conductor tell them?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss Brett's reaction when Jake kisses her in the taxi?
2. Jake feels sorry for Cohn because he is bored with his life, but why can't Jake help him?
3. Jake and Bill share a train compartment with An American man, his wife, and their young son, Hubert. What are a few of the subjects they discuss?
4. When Bill Gorton arrives in Paris to see Jake; he says that his trip to Vienna did not go so well. What was the problem with the trip?
5. 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?
6. Describe the condition of Jake's friend, Harvey Stone.
7. Explain why Robert Cohn marries the first girl who is nice to him after he graduates from Princeton.
8. How does Jake justify saying nasty things about Brett to Robert Cohn?
9. Jake has lunch with Cohn and once again, Cohn asks Jake about South America. Jake tells Cohn to go with his fiancée, Frances. What is Cohn's reply?
10. Why did Robert Cohn take up boxing while attending Princeton?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1) Summarize the lifestyle of Jake Barnes and his friends.
2) What do they do for work?
3) How do they spend their spare time?
4) Explain why they are happy or dissatisfied with their lifestyles.
5) Cite examples from the story to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
1) Frances tells Jake that Cohn fired his secretary when she asked him to.
2) What does this reveal about the character of Robert Cohn?
3) What does it reveal about Frances's character?
4) Are their actions admirable or not? Why?
5) What emotions provoke the two of them to act this way?
This section contains 884 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
![]() |