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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 Fermina return to Florentino with the note saying she will not marry him?
(a) All of his letters
(b) All of his gifts
(c) Dried flowers
(d) Everything he had sent her

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

3. What was the fete Dr. Urbino and Fermina attended devastated by?
(a) Torrential rain
(b) Hurricane
(c) Winds
(d) Drought

4. Where does Florentino have a private room where he spends his time while waiting for Fermina to return?
(a) His uncle's business
(b) A brothel
(c) His mother's house
(d) His own home

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did de Saint-Amour vow to do when he reached the age of sixty?

2. While in the marketplace, Fermina bargains over fabric for what?

3. Why did de Saint-Amour make this vow?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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