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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who else died in the same manner as de Saint-Amour?
(a) Dr. Juvenal Urbino
(b) Mister Woodrow Wilson, his cat
(c) Mister Woodrow Wilson, his dog
(d) His lover and caretaker

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

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

4. Which description below best fits Lorenzo Daza as a business man?
(a) Questionable
(b) Ethical
(c) Without reproach
(d) Criminal

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is true about Florentino?

2. Which of the following characters was murdered?

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

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

5. Which word best describes the recounting of the narrator in this novel?

(see the answer key)

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