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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Urbino see perched on rooftops throughout the city?
(a) Eagles
(b) Vultures
(c) Ravens
(d) Pigeons

2. What vision did Florentino give up in regard to Fermina?
(a) Marrying her
(b) Writing to her
(c) Showering her with gold and treasure
(d) Making her pregnant

3. What are the bodies which Florentino sees floating in the river victims of?
(a) Cholera and the civil war
(b) Cholera only
(c) Another cause beside cholera or the civil war
(d) Civil war only

4. What does Florentino resolve to become in order to win Fermina?
(a) A personal success
(b) A fabulous lover
(c) A successful writer/poet
(d) Rich and wealthy

5. How does Dr. Urbino feel when he awakes from his sleep?
(a) Upset that his parrot has not been found
(b) Angry at his former friend and chessmate
(c) Rejuvenated and happy
(d) Convinced his days are at an end

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Fermina say was the best time of her marriage to Dr. Urbino?

2. Which position was Florentino demoted to by his uncle?

3. Where does Transito send Florentino when he learns of her engagement to Dr. Urbino?

4. Which of the following is NOT a plague that affected people in this time period in Columbia?

5. What does the incessant ringing of the church bells indicate?

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