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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years were Fermina and Dr. Urbino married when the soap in the bathroom incident occurred?
(a) 15
(b) 5
(c) 30
(d) 20

2. Which of the following was Florentino's mother?
(a) Don Pius
(b) Fermina
(c) Lorenzo
(d) Transito

3. What event will Dr. Urbino be attending which he would like to take a siesta before he must get ready for?
(a) Gold anniversary gala for a former student
(b) Gold Mass for a friend
(c) Silver Mass for a friend
(d) Silver anniversary gala for a former student

4. What type of communication do Florentino and Fermina have at their first face to face meeting?
(a) Verbal and physical
(b) Verbal only
(c) None
(d) Physical only

5. When did Florentino stop living with his mother?
(a) Until he started working on the riverboat
(b) Until he met Fermina
(c) Upon her death
(d) Upon his eighteenth birthday

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Dr. Urbino in chapter one of this novel?

2. Why do Florentino's work and violin play suffer?

3. What is Juvenal Urbino's profession?

4. What is Fermina's reply when Florentino finally proposes marriage?

5. Why did his lover help him?

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