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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of communication do Florentino and Fermina have at their first face to face meeting?
(a) Physical only
(b) Verbal and physical
(c) Verbal only
(d) None

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

3. How many pages of love declarations has Florentino been writing to Fermina without her knowledge?
(a) 60
(b) 80
(c) 600
(d) 70

4. What is the name of the harbor town that is the setting for this novel?
(a) Paris
(b) Nameless
(c) Hildebranda
(d) Columbia

5. Which event in chapter five is used to demonstrate that Fermina and Dr. Urbino's serious troubles are distant and insignificant?
(a) Florentino's seduction of the underage relative
(b) The balloon ride to deliver the letter
(c) The balloon ride after delivering the letter
(d) Florentino's declaration of love to Fermina

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following events does NOT make Fermina more lost to Florentino than she had ever been according to Florentino?

2. Which of the following best describes how Fermina felt about married life and motherhood?

3. Which of the following characters was obsessed with cholera?

4. Which event would Florentino and Dr. Urbino most likely have crossed paths?

5. What had Dr. Urbino's father introduced which helped to curb a large cholera epidemic?

(see the answer key)

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