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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Florentino use to support himself when he first sees Fermina Daza?
(a) Riverboat driver
(b) Post office master general
(c) Post office delivery
(d) Riverboat trash collector

2. Why does Florentino lose this position?
(a) He sleeps with his uncle's wife
(b) He never shows up to work
(c) All of his writing sounds like a love letter
(d) He has intestinal issues that make it difficult to work

3. What did de Saint-Amour vow to do when he reached the age of sixty?
(a) Divorce his wife
(b) Take his own life
(c) Marry a new woman
(d) Take a lover

4. Why was Dr. Urbino called to de Saint-Amour's home?
(a) To play chess
(b) To certify his death
(c) To treat his wife
(d) To treat him for an illness

5. Which term best describes how Florentino lost his virginity?
(a) Consensual
(b) Voluntary
(c) Rape
(d) Unwilling but persuaded

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why had the school expelled Fermina Daza?

3. Where does Fermina Daza attend school?

4. Which of the following two "crimes" did de Saint-Amour confess to in his final letter?

5. How does Florentino describe brief flings?

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