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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who else died in the same manner as de Saint-Amour?
(a) Dr. Juvenal Urbino
(b) Mister Woodrow Wilson, his cat
(c) Mister Woodrow Wilson, his dog
(d) His lover and caretaker

2. Why do Florentino's work and violin play suffer?
(a) Lovesickness
(b) Rejection
(c) Laziness
(d) Physical illness

3. Who helps to aid the communication between Fermina and Florentino?
(a) Florentino's uncle
(b) Fermina's aunt
(c) Florentino's mother
(d) Fermina's sister

4. What business did Florentino's father help to found?
(a) Riverboat Incorporated
(b) River Company of Columbia
(c) River Company of the Caribbean
(d) Riverboat Company of Columbia

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Dr. Urbino called to de Saint-Amour's home?

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

3. How many years pass between the rejection at the market place and Florentino's repeated vows upon the death of her husband?

4. What is the name of the narrator?

5. What event will Dr. Urbino be attending which he would like to take a siesta before he must get ready for?

(see the answer key)

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