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1. The narrator Jake Barnes has a job that allows him quite a bit of flexibility, as he works in between drinks, meals, tennis, and more drinks. What is his profession in Paris?
2. We learn before long that Jake has a medical issue. What is it?
3. Did Jake's medical issue affect his relationship with Brett, Lady Ashley?
4. One of Jake's American friends falls hard for Lady Ashley. Jake describes him as his tennis friend. Who is it?
5. When the gang heads to Spain for the annual Festival of San Fermín, only Jake and Bill make it to the fishing trip part of the travel itinerary. They fish the "trouty" Irati river and take up a term for drinking wine. What verb do they use?
6. When the group congregates in Pamplona, Brett has dropped her American admirer and takes up with a talented Spanish bullfighter by the name of Pedro Romero. After a particularly good bullfighting performance, Pedro gives Brett a token of his affection. What is it?
7. Read this one carefully, please. When Jake learns of Brett's affair with Pedro, he is not as angry as he was when he learned of Brett's affair with his American tennis friend. What is NOT a reason for Jake to be angry with the American and not the Spaniard?
8. One of the few relationships based on respect is between Jake and the innkeeper Montoya, who considers Jake a bullfighting aficionado. By the time Jake checks out of the Hotel Montoya, however, Montoya won't even look at Jake. Why is that, most likely?
9. After the Fiesta, Jake travels alone for some downtime in the coastal town of San Sebastian. After a few days, he receives two rather urgent telegrams from Brett in Madrid. What does he do?
10. In the final scene in the novel, Jake and Brett are sitting together in a taxi on the streets of Madrid. When Brett says that it's a shame, because they would have been a great couple, Jake says: "Yes. Isn't it _______ to think so?" What one word goes in the blank?
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