The Sun Also Rises Quizzes

The Sun Also Rises Quiz 1

1 What condition does Jake most likely have?
Gonorrhea

Impotence

Syphilis

Diarrhea
2 Who is Brett's fianc
Bill

Mike

Jake

Cohn
3 Where does the fiesta take place?
Bayonne

Pamplona

Madrid

Paris
4 With whom does Jake go fishing?
Harris

Bill

Cohn

Mike
5 What does the count show Brett and Jake?
Pictures of his family

His arrow wounds

His soul

His muscles
6 Whom does Jake pick up at a café and take dancing?
Brett

Mrs. Braddocks

Georgette

Frances
7 What does Jake dislike about the men Brett dances with at the club?
They are better-looking than he is

They don't treat her nicely

They are homosexual

They mock him
8 What sport did Cohn take up at Princeton?
A capella

Crew

Boxing

Football
9 What is Mike's financial status?
Bankrupt

Aristocracy

Rich

Middle-class
10 How did Brett get her title?
It is fake

She bought it

Marriage

She was born with it
11 Whom does Cohn fight after he beats up Jake and Mike?
Belmonte

Bill

Romero

Montoya
12 Which bull-fighter recently came out of retirement?
Romero

Marcial

Montoya

Belmonte
13 What is an "aficionado"?
Someone who has passion for bull-fighting

A scaly animal from the sea who symbolizes nothing in Spanish

Someone who has passion for cigars

An observer
14 What does Cohn call Jake when he learns Brett has gone off with Romero?
A steer

A gangsta

A pimp

A chump
15 What does Mike call Cohn, in reference to his following Brett?
A pimp

A wimp

A fool

A steer
16 What is put around Brett's neck during the fiesta?
A wreath of garlic

A friendship necklace

A wreath of onions

A Christmas wreath
17 What happens with a man during the running of the bulls one day?
He becomes a matador

He is gored to death

He kills a bull

He is trampled to death
18 What is Cohn's religion?
Protestant

Hindu

Jewish

Catholic
19 What is Jake's religion?
Catholic

Jewish

Protestant

Hindu
20 Where did Jake meet Brett?
In a bar

In a caf

In a war hospital

In a foxhole
21 Who officially gave the name to the "Lost Generation"?
Gertrude Stein

Hemingway

Picasso

F. Scott Fitzgerald
22 What is Bill's profession?
Musician

Businessman

Painter

Writer
23 Which bull-fighter possibly symbolizes the decaying values of the Lost Generation?
Marcial

Montoya

Belmonte

Romero
24 What green liquor gets Jake very drunk near the end of the novel?
Brandy

Absinthe

Fine

Whiskey
25 What adjective does Jake use to describe the potentiality of his relationship with Brett in the last line?
Nice

Cool

Pretty

Terrible

This means the ability to handle stressful situations with a calmness or awareness without letting the stress get the better of you.

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Bullfighting

Hemingway draws numerous parallels between bull-fighting and Brett's sexuality. Early in the novel, Brett tells Jake she cannot commit to him, as she will "tromper" him; while this means "to be unfaithful to," it also means "to elude," and it...

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Pedro Romero

Although Romero appears only briefly in the novel, his presence is crucial, as he is the only man who seems capable of manipulating Brett. His appeal to her, beyond his beautiful appearance, is clear through the parallels Hemingway draws between...

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The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway

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