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Quiz about The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Quiz about The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

"The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway Quiz


This was Ernest Hemingway's first novel and remains, as F. Scott Fitzgerald said, "a romance and a guidebook."

A multiple-choice quiz by itsfun4u2c. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
itsfun4u2c
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
204,592
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
674
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which definition best describes Robert Cohn? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Where does Jake Barnes come from? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. How is Mike Campbell best described here? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What is Brett Ashley's understated problem with Jake? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Jake and Bill have planned a trip to the famous bullfights of which city? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Immediately after the bullfight and fiestas, where does Brett venture to? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What happens in the Irati valley? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Why does Jake overtip the waiter in chapter 19? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Towards the end of the novel, what type of athletes are staying at the same hotel where Jake stays? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What is the famous line Brett speaks at the end of the novel? Hint





Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which definition best describes Robert Cohn?

Answer: He was a middleweight boxing champion and hopeless pursuer of Brett Ashley.

Frustrated in his pursuit of Brett Ashley, he becomes drunk and punches both Jake and Bill and knocks them out.
2. Where does Jake Barnes come from?

Answer: Kansas City, USA.

He is an American living in Paris as a newspaper correspondent.
3. How is Mike Campbell best described here?

Answer: An anti-semite Scot, he is often drunk and likes to attack Cohn one way or another.

In the novel, Mike is drunk most of the time.
4. What is Brett Ashley's understated problem with Jake?

Answer: He was injured in the war and is impotent

The reader is never told exactly what kind of wound it was.
5. Jake and Bill have planned a trip to the famous bullfights of which city?

Answer: Pamplona

This is where Brett falls, lustfully, for a young bullfighter.
6. Immediately after the bullfight and fiestas, where does Brett venture to?

Answer: She accompanies a bullfighter to Madrid.

Once the bullfighter (Romero)proposes marriage, she telegrams Jake and asks for his immediate arrival. She explains that she does not want to corrupt the young bullfighter.
7. What happens in the Irati valley?

Answer: Jake and Bill catch trout.

They enjoyed two bottles of wine and caught a total of 10 trout.
8. Why does Jake overtip the waiter in chapter 19?

Answer: He thinks you must overpay the French for them to like you.

"Life is simplest in France because everything has a clear financial basis."
9. Towards the end of the novel, what type of athletes are staying at the same hotel where Jake stays?

Answer: Cyclists

Jake has coffee with the team manager.
10. What is the famous line Brett speaks at the end of the novel?

Answer: "Oh, Jake, we could have had such a damned good time together."

She obviously regrets her actions and the fact Jake had been injured.
Source: Author itsfun4u2c

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