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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Person of opposites
(b) Something absurd or contradictory
(c) Surprising
(d) Self-contradictory statement

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

3. What did de Saint-Amour leave for Dr. Urbino?
(a) A chessboard
(b) A treasure
(c) A letter
(d) A pet

4. What expansion has the fire department made as a direct result of his own civic contributions?
(a) A willingness to do anything for him personally
(b) New ladder which will reach the parrot
(c) New fire truck
(d) Rescues and emergency response

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word best describes the recounting of the narrator in this novel?

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

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

4. How many years were Fermina and Dr. Urbino married when the soap in the bathroom incident occurred?

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

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