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

2. How old is Fermina when she returns from her trek?
(a) 19
(b) 17
(c) 16
(d) 18

3. When did Florentino stop living with his mother?
(a) Until he started working on the riverboat
(b) Upon her death
(c) Upon his eighteenth birthday
(d) Until he met Fermina

4. How did Juvenal Urbino know Jeremiah de Saint-Amour?
(a) They played chess
(b) They were lovers
(c) He photographed him
(d) He bought art from him

5. Where did Dr. Urbino study?
(a) Madrid
(b) Paris
(c) America
(d) Bogota

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following provides the best synonym for haunting as it is used in this part of a sentence: "From Florentino's days of haunting the brothel"?

2. What happens to Florentino as he waits for a response to his letter from Fermina?

3. When it is thought that Fermina has cholera, what does she indeed have?

4. Which of the following is a synonym for paramour?

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

(see the answer key)

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