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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characters is a cousin to Fermina?
(a) De Saint-Amour
(b) Sanchez
(c) Florentino
(d) Marquez

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

3. How does Florentino describe brief flings?
(a) Memorable
(b) Outstanding
(c) Not worthy of describing
(d) Exciting

4. What is Fermina's reply when Florentino finally proposes marriage?
(a) Very well, I will marry you if you promise me everlasting love
(b) Very well, I will marry you if you promise to be faithful
(c) Very well, I will marry you if you promise not to make me eat eggs
(d) Very, well, I will marry you if you promise not to make me eat eggplant

5. Why had Florentino maintained his virginity even through his days at the brothel?
(a) He was impotent
(b) He was afraid of women
(c) His illness prevented him from taking a mate
(d) He was saving himself for Fermina

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Fermina have?

2. What does the term disfigured mean?

3. How many pages of love declarations has Florentino been writing to Fermina without her knowledge?

4. To what is Florentino a patron?

5. Which of the following is a definition for inamorata?

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