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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who besides telegraph operators helps Fermina communicate with Florentino?
(a) Florentino's uncle
(b) Florentino's cousin
(c) Fermina's uncle
(d) Fermina's cousin

2. How many years pass between the rejection at the market place and Florentino's repeated vows upon the death of her husband?
(a) 49
(b) 51
(c) 50
(d) 55

3. What are Dr. Urbino's last words in reference to?
(a) Anger at his foolishness
(b) His love for his wife
(c) Cursing the parrot
(d) Seeing his dreams had come true

4. Which word best describes the narrator in this novel?
(a) Omnipotent
(b) Omnipresent
(c) Omnithought
(d) Omniscient

5. What does Fermina return to Florentino with the note saying she will not marry him?
(a) All of his gifts
(b) Dried flowers
(c) All of his letters
(d) Everything he had sent her

Short Answer Questions

1. What "punishment" was inflicted upon Dr. Urbino during the argument over the soap in the bathroom?

2. What was the fete Dr. Urbino and Fermina attended devastated by?

3. Which of the following is not a type of communication Florentino and Fermina shared during their two year correspondence?

4. Why does Fermina's father take her on a mule trek?

5. Which description below best fits Lorenzo Daza as a business man?

(see the answer key)

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