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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dr. Urbino feel when he awakes from his sleep?
(a) Convinced his days are at an end
(b) Upset that his parrot has not been found
(c) Angry at his former friend and chessmate
(d) Rejuvenated and happy

2. 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) Self-contradictory statement
(d) Person of opposites

3. Which of the following characters was murdered?
(a) Dr. Urbino
(b) Olimpia Zuleta
(c) Leona Cassiani
(d) America Vicuna

4. Which of the following items did she NOT auction off?
(a) Things she bought on her honeymoon
(b) Suits
(c) Tables
(d) Chairs

5. Under what circumstances does Dr. Urbino meet Fermina Daza?
(a) He is called as she shows signs of cholera
(b) Her father introduces them hoping they will marry
(c) She calls him to treat her sick father
(d) He treats her for a broken ankle

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lorenzo hope will happen on the mule trek?

2. Where does the sewage from the city drain?

3. Which of the following is the best definition of a refuge as it is used to describe Widow Nazaret coming to live with Florentino and his mother?

4. What does Florentino pledge to Fermina?

5. Why was Dr. Urbino called to de Saint-Amour's home?

(see the answer key)

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