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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Florentino stop living with his mother?
(a) Upon his eighteenth birthday
(b) Upon her death
(c) Until he started working on the riverboat
(d) Until he met Fermina

2. How did de Saint-Amour kill himself?
(a) Hanging
(b) Overdose of medication
(c) Gold cyanide
(d) Gunshot

3. How old is Dr. Urbino in chapter one of this novel?
(a) 70
(b) 60
(c) 80
(d) 90

4. What type of communication do Florentino and Fermina have at their first face to face meeting?
(a) Verbal only
(b) Verbal and physical
(c) None
(d) Physical only

5. Which of the following is the best definition for the term paradoxically as used to describe the narrator's telling of the trivial matters of domestic life that nearly caused the strong bond between husband and wife to disintegrate?
(a) Surprising
(b) Person of opposites
(c) Something absurd or contradictory
(d) Self-contradictory statement

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Florentino use to support himself when he first sees Fermina Daza?

2. Why does Dr. Urbino feel offended by what de Saint-Amour leaves for him?

3. How did Juvenal Urbino know Jeremiah de Saint-Amour?

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

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

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