1. What event does Florentino go to because Fermina always announces the winners?
(a) Poetic festival
(b) Musical theater
(c) Art awards
(d) Theater performance

2. To what is Florentino a patron?
(a) Cultural events
(b) Brothels
(c) Dr. Urbino
(d) Riverboat company

3. What "punishment" was inflicted upon Dr. Urbino during the argument over the soap in the bathroom?
(a) Had to move out of the bedroom
(b) Fermina moved out of the bedroom
(c) Fermina left the house
(d) Had to move out of the house

4. Where does Fermina Daza attend school?
(a) No school
(b) All girls school
(c) Public school
(d) Private school

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

Short Answer Questions

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?

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

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

4. Which of the following is true about Florentino?

5. When does Fermina say was the best time of her marriage to Dr. Urbino?

(see the answer key)

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