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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Earthquake, Chapters 10, 11, and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Julian say Sol is?
(a) The woman of his poems.
(b) A woman he realizes was his neighbor.
(c) A long lost cousin.
(d) Someone he will marry.

2. What nationality is Professor Saavedra?
(a) Guatemalan.
(b) Cuban.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Mexican.

3. What does Julian tell Panoplo he has found in Sol?
(a) Writer of editorials to the newspaper.
(b) An intellectual for him to talk with.
(c) An assistant.
(d) The woman of his dreams.

4. What did Juan de Dios Rosado write that Don Manuel is having performed at his party?
(a) Story.
(b) Concerto.
(c) Play.
(d) Waltz.

5. Who is Senor Fremin?
(a) Julian's friend.
(b) Police officer.
(c) Enemy of Julian's.
(d) Julian's uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Julian happy to find in the room he rents in Guatemala City?

2. What does Professor Saavedra say about Sol in the carriage ride home that Julian remembers later that night?

3. What is the name of the steamship Julian is on at the beginning of the novel?

4. How did Julian propose to his fiancee?

5. What does Lucia do after she reads the newspaper article about Julian?

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