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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did his lover help him?
(a) Because she wanted him dead
(b) Because he begged her
(c) Because she loved him
(d) Because he forced her

2. Which of the following means the same as impertinence?
(a) Reverence
(b) Respect
(c) Insolence
(d) Deference

3. What happens to Florentino as he waits for a response to his letter from Fermina?
(a) He has just diarrhea
(b) None, he stays quite healthy
(c) He has diarrhea, green vomit and fainting spells
(d) He has green vomit and fainting spells

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is true about Florentino?

2. How does Florentino suffer physically after he is thrown out of Fermina's home?

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. Why does Fermina's father take her on a mule trek?

5. Which of the following is NOT a plague that affected people in this time period in Columbia?

(see the answer key)

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