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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the description Jake gives of the town of Bayonne?

2. What is the cost for room and board at Jake's hotel in Burguete?

3. Bill lectures Jake about being an expatriate. What does he say has ruined Jake?

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

5. What type of artwork is hanging from the walls in Jake's hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Jake's thoughts as he lies in bed after the evening with Bill, Mike and Brett?

2. Summarize the description Jake gives of Basque country.

3. How do the pictures on the walls of Jake's and Bill's hotel in Burguete add to the coldness of the room?

4. On the day the bull fights are to take place, Cohn tells Bill and Jake that he hopes he won't be bored at the bull fight. What is Bill's reaction to Cohn's comment?

5. Is Mike Campbell justified in comparing Robert Cohen to one of the steers?

6. What took place during the paseo in Pamplona?

7. Compare the weather as Bill and Jake depart on the bus to Burguete and the weather upon their arrival at Burguete. What images are given to describe the weather?

8. Explain how the fist fight between Robert Cohn and Jake Barnes gets started?

9. Jake receives a telegram from Brett saying that they are staying over in San Sebastian overnight and will be late. How does Jake treat Cohn after he reads the telegram?

10. What do Jake, Bill and the Basques do to pass the time on the bus to Burguete?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Do you think Jake is truthful as the narrator?

2) Describe his emotions while he tells the story.

3) Is he jealous, angry, drunk, tolerant or impartial?

4) Cite examples from the novel.

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?

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