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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 Jake's philosophy that everything that is good has to be paid for?

2. How does Jake feel after the fiesta and the bull fighting?

3. What is an aficionado?

4. What is the name of the man who was gored through the back and killed during the bull run?

5. What types of emotion do Jake and his friends feel after the bull fight is over?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cohn do when he finds Pedro Romero with Brett?

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

3. How did Pedro Romero perform in the bull ring after getting a severe beating from Robert Cohn?

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

5. Cohn wants to see Jake after knocking him unconscious. Does Jake go to see Cohn or does he decide against it? Explain.

6. 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?

7. Jake and Bill meet a Basque who lived in America forty years before. What parts of America had he visited and why did he return to Spain?

8. Bill calls Jake an expatriate. What does he mean by this?

9. What type of personal conversations do Bill and Jake get into while they are in the countryside fishing?

10. What does Cohn decide to do now that Brett is staying over in San Sebastian and what are Jake's feelings about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Jake's impotence is mentioned many times in the novel.

2) Analyze how the theme of impotence is presented in the novel and what it symbolizes.

3) How does impotence relate to other themes in the novel?

4) Use examples from the story to support the answer.

Essay Topic 2

1) Analyze the bull fighting techniques of Pedro Romero.

2) How do his techniques differ from Belmonte's?

3) Which technique do the spectators appreciate more?

4) How does the crowd treat Romero when the bull fight is over?

Essay Topic 3

1) Analyze the character of Robert Cohn.

2) How is he depicted by the narrator?

3) How do his own words and actions reveal his character?

4) What do Mike, Brett, Harvey Stone and Bill feel about Robert Cohn?

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