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Chapter 15 Flashcards

0
Q

Beside being a bull fighting festival what is San Fermin also?

A

A religious festival

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When did the fiesta “explode”?

A

At noon, Sunday, the 6th of July

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What did Jake compare the cafe on the day of the fiesta to?

A

A battleship stripped for action

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3
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What is Cohn drinking the morning of the first day of the fiesta in the Cafe?

A

Sherry

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4
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The rocket thatt announces the start of the fiesta bursts high above what building?

A

The Theatre Gayarre

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5
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How many rockets were fired to announce the start of the festival?

A

two

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6
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What music were the pipers, the fifers and the drummers playing?

A

Riau-Riau

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7
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Who was the village idiot according to Bill?

A

The man playing the red-pipe

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8
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The dancers that came down the street at the start of the festival were all?

A

Male

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9
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What was painted on the banner carried by the dancers?

A

Hurray for Wine! Hurray for the Foreigners

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10
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Who are the foreigners?

A

The companions

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11
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How long did the fiesta keep on oing?

A

Seven days day and night

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12
Q

What cigar-store items were included in the parade?

A

Cigar-store Indians, thirty feet high, Moors, a King and Queen

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13
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What was Brett missing when the Festival of San Fermin started?

A

Her hat

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14
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What did the dancers who surrounded Brett wear around their necks?

A

Big, white, wreaths of garlic

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15
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Where did the dancers take Brett and the companions?

A

Into a wine-shop

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16
Q

What were the dancers at the festival teaching Brett to do in the wine shop?

A

Teaching her to drink out of the wine-skins

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17
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What had the dancers hung around Brett’s neck in the wine-shop?

A

A wreath of garlics around her neck

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18
Q

Where does Jake go while the companions are with the dancers in the wine shop?

A

A shop that made leather wine bottles

19
Q

What does Jake pay for his wine-skins at the fiesta?

A

Eight pesetas for two

20
Q

How much did each wineskin that Jake bought at the fiesta hold?

A

Five litres and two litres

21
Q

How much did it cost to fill the two wine-skins?

A

3 pesetas and 60 centimos

22
Q

What happened to Cohn during the dancing?

A

He passed out on Anis del Mono

23
Q

What do prices do when fiesta starts?

A

They double

24
Q

What happened during the running of the bulls?

A

One man fell, rolled into the gutter and lay quiet

25
Q

How many people in the crowd did the bull toss?

A

Six or eight people

26
Q

What was the seating arrangement for the first day?

A

Three are ring-side and three were half way up the stands

27
Q

Where did the companions sit on the first day?

A

Mike sat up high as did Brett and of course Cohn, Bill and Jake sit down on the front row

28
Q

What is Cohn afraid of at the first day of bullfighting?

A

That he will be bored

29
Q

What is a picador?

A

The guy with a spear who tries to stop the bull

30
Q

Who introduces the companions to Pedro Romero?

A

Montoya

31
Q

In what room is Pedro Romero?

A

Room number eight

32
Q

Does Pedro Romero know English?

A

No but he speaks English

33
Q

Who is the best-looking boy that Jake has ever seen?

A

Pedro Romero (GAY)

34
Q

What language do Pedro’s companions think the companions know?

A

French

35
Q

What is Spanish for good luck?

A

Mucha suerta

36
Q

What does Montoya say Pedro looks like?

A

A torero

37
Q

What insult does Bill call Cohn during the first day of bull fighting?

A

A kike

38
Q

What article of Romero’s clothing is Brett interested in?

A

His green trousers

39
Q

Mike calls Brett an extraordinary?

A

Wench

40
Q

What bothered Cohn on the first day of the bullfights?

A

The horse

41
Q

How many bull-fighters were there on the second day?

A

Three; Romero and two others

42
Q

What was the seating arrangement of the companions on the second day of the bull-fights?

A

Brett sat between Mike and Jake while Bill and Cohn went up in the middle

43
Q

What did Romero’s style of bull-fighting give off?

A

It gave off real emotion

44
Q

Whose death had caused all the bull-fighters to develop a technic that simulated the appearance of danger?

A

The death of Joselito

45
Q

Why did Pedro Romero not fight on the third day?

A

Because it was Miura bulls and thus a very bull-fight

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