SparkNotes: The Sun Also Rises: Quiz

1. In what sport did Robert Cohn participate at Princeton?

(A) Soccer

(B) Golf

(C) Boxing

(D) Track and field

2. Where does the fiesta occur?

(A) Pamplona, Spain

(B) Burguete, Spain

(C) Paris, France

(D) Mexico City, Mexico

3. What is Cohn’s profession?

(A) Tennis player

(B) Writer

(C) Shoemaker

(D) He is unemployed

4. In what war was Jake injured?

(A) World War II

(B) Spanish-American War

(C) Persian Gulf War

(D) World War I

5. Who knows the most about bullfighting?

(A) Brett

(B) Jake

(C) Bill Gorton

(D) Cohn

6. What country does Jake come from?

(A) America

(B) Great Britain

(C) France

(D) Canada

7. What is Brett’s title?

(A) Lady

(B) Duchess

(C) Princess

(D) Mrs.

8. Who wins the fight between Jake, Mike, and Cohn?

(A) Jake

(B) Mike

(C) They never fight

(D) Cohn

9. What is the name of the owner of the hotel where Jake stays during the fiesta?

(A) Pedro Romero

(B) Montoya

(C) Belmonte

(D) Geoffrey Chaucer

10. Who is Count Mippipopolous?

(A) A man Jake killed during the war

(B) A talented fisherman

(C) A bullfighting expert

(D) A wealthy Greek expatriate living in Paris

11. How does Brett and Romero’s relationship end?

(A) Brett walks out on Romero

(B) Romero sleeps with another woman

(C) Brett forces Romero to leave

(D) Jake kills Romero

12. Which of the following characters is physically impotent?

(A) Robert Cohn

(B) Jake Barnes

(C) Bill Gorton

(D) All of the above

13. In what sport do Jake and Bill engage while in Spain?

(A) Fishing

(B) Fox hunting

(C) Boxing

(D) Horseshoes

14. Which of the following characters does not want to sleep with Brett?

(A) Jake Barnes

(B) Robert Cohn

(C) Mike Campbell

(D) They all want to sleep with Brett

15. What does Jake say to Brett at the end of the novel?

(A) “Things have a funny way of working out”

(B) “Isn’t it pretty to think so?”

(C) “No, of course I didn’t invite him!”

(D) “I love you.”

16. How good a bullfighter is Pedro Romero?

(A) He is the best around

(B) He is past his prime

(C) He works hard but is only mediocre

(D) He is generally poor but shows flashes of brilliance

17. How does Cohn react to the bullfight?

(A) He is bored

(B) He refuses to go to the bullfight

(C) He loves every second of it

(D) It makes him sick

18. Where did Brett and Jake meet?

(A) On a bus

(B) At an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting

(C) At a hospital during World War I

(D) At the previous year’s fiesta

19. Why does Cohn decide not to go fishing?

(A) He is too hung over to travel

(B) He can’t afford the money for the bus ticket

(C) He wants to wait for Brett

(D) Bill and Jake make him feel unwelcome

20. What do most people drink at the fiesta?

(A) Wine

(B) Absinthe

(C) Brandy

(D) Whiskey

21. Who introduces Brett to Romero?

(A) Mike

(B) Montoya

(C) Cohn

(D) Jake

22. What interrupts Jake’s vacation in San Sebastian in the novel’s final chapter?

(A) A visit from Cohn

(B) A wire from Brett

(C) The outbreak of World War II

(D) The death of Romero

23. What does Cohn ask Romero to do after Cohn beats him up?

(A) Leave Pamplona

(B) Never bullfight again

(C) Shake his hand

(D) Promise to treat Brett well

24. What is Cohn’s girlfriend’s name?

(A) Frances

(B) Edna

(C) Georgette

(D) Marie

25. With whom does Brett secretly go to San Sebastian?

(A) Count Mippipopolous

(B) Bill Gorton

(C) Robert Cohn

(D) Montoya