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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the one letter which Florentino delivers to Fermina pledge?
(a) Perfect lust and everlasting admiration
(b) Perfect admiration and everlasting lust
(c) Perfect fidelity and everlasting love
(d) Perfect love and everlasting fidelity

2. Why does Fermina's father take her on a mule trek?
(a) He does not approve of the marriage
(b) He wants to spend time with his daughter before she is married
(c) He wants to give her one last adventure before she marries
(d) He wants to get to know Florentino

3. In what way do the hymns which Florentino is playing during Mass change during his period of illness?
(a) He plays them at a much more rapid pace
(b) They begin to include many errors
(c) They begin to sound more like love waltzes
(d) He plays them out of tune

4. What job does Florentino use to support himself when he first sees Fermina Daza?
(a) Riverboat driver
(b) Riverboat trash collector
(c) Post office delivery
(d) Post office master general

5. Which of the following was Florentino's mother?
(a) Fermina
(b) Lorenzo
(c) Don Pius
(d) Transito

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did his lover help him?

2. How does Dr. Urbino feel when he awakes from his sleep?

3. How old is Dr. Urbino in chapter one of this novel?

4. Which fleet does Florentino hope to gather treasure and galleons from?

5. What are Dr. Urbino's last words in reference to?

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