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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people were on the boat at the end of the story?
(a) 7
(b) 4
(c) 8
(d) 3

2. What vision did Florentino give up in regard to Fermina?
(a) Writing to her
(b) Marrying her
(c) Making her pregnant
(d) Showering her with gold and treasure

3. How many long term liaisons does Florentino describe having?
(a) 2
(b) 52
(c) 622
(d) 222

4. Which of the following is NOT a step that Dr. Juvenal Urbino takes to help stop the spread of cholera?
(a) Separate market place from the dump
(b) Covered sewers
(c) Sewage treatment facilities
(d) Quarantining suspected cholera patients

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the best synonym for cosmopolitan as it is used to describe Paris?

2. What does Florentino resolve to become in order to win Fermina?

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

4. Where did Florentino vow he will always live?

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

(see the answer key)

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