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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Juvenal Urbino know Jeremiah de Saint-Amour?
(a) They played chess
(b) He photographed him
(c) He bought art from him
(d) They were lovers

2. Why does Dr. Urbino feel offended by what de Saint-Amour leaves for him?
(a) He is upset that he knew someone with a shady past
(b) He is upset that he killed himself
(c) He is upset that he could not stop his death
(d) He is offended by the secrets kept

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

4. What did de Saint-Amour vow to do when he reached the age of sixty?
(a) Take a lover
(b) Divorce his wife
(c) Take his own life
(d) Marry a new woman

5. Which of the following words best describes how Fermina Daza acted during the funeral and wake for her husband?
(a) Stoic
(b) Emotional
(c) Jubilant
(d) Grief-stricken

Short Answer Questions

1. What expansion has the fire department made as a direct result of his own civic contributions?

2. Who else died in the same manner as de Saint-Amour?

3. 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?

4. Which of the following two "crimes" did de Saint-Amour confess to in his final letter?

5. Why did his lover help him?

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