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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following two "crimes" did de Saint-Amour confess to in his final letter?
(a) Cannibalism and stealing
(b) Stealing and fleeing a life sentence in prison
(c) Cannibalism and fleeing a life sentence in prison
(d) Stealing and prostitution

3. Which word best describes the narrator in this novel?
(a) Omnithought
(b) Omniscient
(c) Omnipresent
(d) Omnipotent

4. Which of the following is the best definition for the term paradoxically as used to describe the narrator's telling of the trivial matters of domestic life that nearly caused the strong bond between husband and wife to disintegrate?
(a) Surprising
(b) Self-contradictory statement
(c) Person of opposites
(d) Something absurd or contradictory

5. How does Dr. Urbino feel when he awakes from his sleep?
(a) Convinced his days are at an end
(b) Upset that his parrot has not been found
(c) Rejuvenated and happy
(d) Angry at his former friend and chessmate

Short Answer Questions

1. What did de Saint-Amour leave for Dr. Urbino?

2. How old is Florentino in chapter one of this novel?

3. Which word best describes the recounting of the narrator in this novel?

4. Which of the following words best describes how Fermina Daza acted during the funeral and wake for her husband?

5. What expansion has the fire department made as a direct result of his own civic contributions?

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