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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Jose Arcadio Buendia to stop believing in God?
(a) When he prays for something and it doesn't happen.
(b) When Ursula has a nervous breakdown.
(c) When they are asked to paint their house blue.
(d) When he tries unsuccesfully to take a picture of God.

2. Who begins to squander his wealth?
(a) Jose Arcadio Buendia
(b) Aureliano Segundo
(c) Jose Arcadio Segundo
(d) Jose Aureliano

3. What is NOT a result of the event in #151?
(a) Insects
(b) Dust storms
(c) Humidity
(d) Flooding

4. Why does Meme continue to play her instrument even though she doesn't enjoy it?
(a) Because she is told to
(b) Because it pleases her mother
(c) Because she wants to impress a man
(d) Because she is bored

5. Who dies, leaving Pilar the last of the second generation of the family?
(a) Meme
(b) Ursula
(c) Rebeca
(d) Jose Arcadio

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pietro proclaim his love for?

2. Who realizes he has no valid cause to fight?

3. What happens to Jose Arcadio after he sleeps with the young girl?

4. What do Aureliano Segundo and Petra Cotes do to make money?

5. Who is being sentenced to be shot to death?

(see the answer key)

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