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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who finally cures the plague?
(a) Melquanades
(b) Jose Arcadio Buendia
(c) Ursula
(d) Rebeca

2. Who is Amaranta?
(a) She is the long lost cousin of the family.
(b) She is the grandmother.
(c) She is the third child born of Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula.
(d) She is the nurse.

3. How does Ursula help to stall Rebeca's wedding?
(a) By killing the groom.
(b) By telling everyone that the wedding is cancelled.
(c) By saying that the wedding will be in the unbuilt cathedral.
(d) By sleeping with the groom.

4. Who is tampering with Rebeca's impending wedding?
(a) Jose Arcadio
(b) Aureliano
(c) Amaranta
(d) Jose Arcadio Buendia

5. Why are the townspeople upset with Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula?
(a) They are distant cousins, yet got married.
(b) They took over a larger piece of land.
(c) They aren't nice people.
(d) They are a different race.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do Ursula and Jose Arcadio Buendia wander across the mountains?

2. What makes Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula not consummate their relationship?

3. Who is outraged by the inbreeding and young marriages?

4. Who is the head of the gypsies?

5. What does Jose Arcadio Buendia invent to help with the plague?

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