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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT an event that Fermina regularly complains about plaguing her in chapter four?
(a) Florentino's letters
(b) Mother-in-law
(c) Boring routine
(d) Formality of the household

2. What did de Saint-Amour leave for Dr. Urbino?
(a) A pet
(b) A treasure
(c) A letter
(d) A chessboard

3. Which of the following is the best definition of a refuge as it is used to describe Widow Nazaret coming to live with Florentino and his mother?
(a) Retreat
(b) Harbor
(c) Protection
(d) Asylum

4. Which word best describes the narrator in this novel?
(a) Omnipresent
(b) Omnipotent
(c) Omnithought
(d) Omniscient

5. What does Florentino place in the river to float away like the corpses?
(a) His writings and meditations
(b) All of the letters Fermina has written to him over the years
(c) His lovers
(d) Passionate letters to Fermina

Short Answer Questions

1. Who besides telegraph operators helps Fermina communicate with Florentino?

2. What is the name of the harbor town that is the setting for this novel?

3. Which of the following is an antonym for the word ignominious as it is used to describe the manner of Dr. Urbino's death?

4. What are the bodies which Florentino sees floating in the river victims of?

5. Who helps to aid the communication between Fermina and Florentino?

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