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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characters was murdered?
(a) Dr. Urbino
(b) Leona Cassiani
(c) America Vicuna
(d) Olimpia Zuleta

2. What does Florentino place in the river to float away like the corpses?
(a) His writings and meditations
(b) His lovers
(c) All of the letters Fermina has written to him over the years
(d) Passionate letters to Fermina

3. Which of the following means the same as mortal as it is used in this chapter?
(a) Human Being
(b) Worldly
(c) Earthly
(d) Deadly

4. How old is Florentino in chapter one of this novel?
(a) 55
(b) 96
(c) 80
(d) 76

5. How does Florentino suffer physically after he is thrown out of Fermina's home?
(a) Intestinal unpleasantness
(b) Cholera
(c) Broken spine
(d) Broken ankle

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had Florentino maintained his virginity even through his days at the brothel?

2. Which of the following characters was the father to the man who fell off of the ladder?

3. Which of the following characters is a cousin to Fermina?

4. How does Fermina treat Florentino when she comes face to face with him in the market place?

5. Which of the following is an antonym for the word ignominious as it is used to describe the manner of Dr. Urbino's death?

(see the answer key)

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