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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lorenzo hope will happen on the mule trek?
(a) She will take over his business
(b) She will forget about Florentino
(c) She will support him
(d) She will become a woman

2. How did Juvenal Urbino know Jeremiah de Saint-Amour?
(a) He bought art from him
(b) He photographed him
(c) They played chess
(d) They were lovers

3. What is Fermina's reply when Florentino finally proposes marriage?
(a) Very, well, I will marry you if you promise not to make me eat eggplant
(b) Very well, I will marry you if you promise me everlasting love
(c) Very well, I will marry you if you promise not to make me eat eggs
(d) Very well, I will marry you if you promise to be faithful

4. What does Florentino call his clandestine liaisons with many different women?
(a) Solitary hunting
(b) Companion hunting
(c) Companion loving
(d) Solitary loving

5. Which of the following is an antonym for the word ignominious as it is used to describe the manner of Dr. Urbino's death?
(a) Reprehensible
(b) Humilating
(c) Embarrassing
(d) Honorable

Short Answer Questions

1. Who moves in with Florentino and his mother when he returns home from his post in the mountains?

2. What was the fete Dr. Urbino and Fermina attended devastated by?

3. Why was Dr. Urbino called to de Saint-Amour's home?

4. Where does the sewage from the city drain?

5. Why did Dr. Urbino's death cause much grief and an official time of mourning?

(see the answer key)

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