The Sun Also Rises

Reading Check questions are designed for in-class review on key plot points or for quick verbal or written assessments. Multiple Choice and Short Answer Quizzes create ideal summative assessments, and collectively function to convey a sense of the work’s tone and themes.

Book 1: Chapters 1-7

Reading Check

1. Robert Cohn was once the middleweight boxing champion of what university?

2. What does Jake Barnes do for work?

3. What character reveals Jake’s war injury, and what is the effect of that injury?

4. When Cohn and Jake have lunch together, why does Cohn get upset?

5. In what city do the opening chapters occur?

Multiple Choice

1. What is Brett’s title?

A) Countess

B) Princess

C) Lady

D) Duchess

2. What characteristics of the “lost generation” does Brett exemplify?

A) aimlessness

B) emptiness

C) dissatisfaction

D) all of the above

3. How many times has Brett been married?

A) never

B) once

C) twice

D) three times

4. How did Jake and Brett first meet?

A) at a bar in Paris

B) at the hospital where Jake recovered after his injury

C) in their travels in South America

D) at Princeton

5. Where does Brett plan to go to be away from Jake?

A) San Sebastian

B) Barcelona

C) Pamplona

D) Madrid

Short-Answer Response

Answer each of the following questions in a complete sentence or sentences. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.