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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who besides telegraph operators helps Fermina communicate with Florentino?
(a) Fermina's uncle
(b) Fermina's cousin
(c) Florentino's cousin
(d) Florentino's uncle

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

3. How old is Florentino in chapter one of this novel?
(a) 76
(b) 96
(c) 55
(d) 80

4. What is Juvenal Urbino's profession?
(a) Government official
(b) Photographer
(c) Doctor
(d) Artist

5. While in the marketplace, Fermina bargains over fabric for what?
(a) Pillows
(b) Wedding dress
(c) Marriage sheets
(d) Clothing

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of communication do Florentino and Fermina have at their first face to face meeting?

2. Which of the following is not a type of communication Florentino and Fermina shared during their two year correspondence?

3. How did de Saint-Amour kill himself?

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

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

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