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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 a step that Dr. Juvenal Urbino takes to help stop the spread of cholera?
(a) Covered sewers
(b) Separate market place from the dump
(c) Sewage treatment facilities
(d) Quarantining suspected cholera patients

2. Which of the following characters was the father to the man who fell off of the ladder?
(a) Dr. Marco Aurelio Urbino
(b) Dr. Fermina Daza
(c) Dr. Florentino Ariza
(d) Dr. Juvenal Urbino

3. Where does Transito send Florentino when he learns of her engagement to Dr. Urbino?
(a) To a writing retreat
(b) To fight in the civil war
(c) On a river voyage to take up a post in the mountains
(d) To become the captain of his uncle's river boat

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

5. Which of the following characters was obsessed with cholera?
(a) Florentino
(b) Fermina
(c) Dr. Urbino
(d) Transito Ariza

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the one letter which Florentino delivers to Fermina pledge?

2. Why does Florentino lose this position?

3. What does Dr. Urbino see perched on rooftops throughout the city?

4. Which of the following words best describes how Fermina Daza acted during the funeral and wake for her husband?

5. What event does Florentino go to because Fermina always announces the winners?

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