The Sun Also Rises Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Sun Also Rises? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Jake Barnes is a veteran of what war?


The war on drugs
The Korean War
World War I
The Chocolate Wars
Q. How does Jake know Lady Brett Ashley?


They met at school
They met in London when she treated him for a war wound
They met at the circus
They met in a crowded movie theater
Q. Why is Brett unwilling to be with Jake, even though she loves him?


He is too poor
He is not very bright
A war wound left him impotent
He snores terribly
Q. Why do Jake and Bill Gorton go to Spain?


To fish and to attend the fiesta at Pamplona
To meet chicks
To learn to speak Spanish
To find Brett
Q. Brett tells Jake she was in San Sebastian with whom?


His brother
Robert Cohn
A mutual friend of theirs from college
A wizard