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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lorenzo hope will happen on the mule trek?
(a) She will forget about Florentino
(b) She will become a woman
(c) She will take over his business
(d) She will support him

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

4. What does the term odious mean as used to describe Fermina's mother-in-law in chapter four?
(a) Attracted
(b) Lovable
(c) Deserving to be hated
(d) Mild dislike

5. What does Florentino resolve to become in order to win Fermina?
(a) A successful writer/poet
(b) Rich and wealthy
(c) A personal success
(d) A fabulous lover

Short Answer Questions

1. What tool used by the author would best describe his making Florentino unable to perform the first time they attempted to have sex?

2. Why did Dr. Urbino's death cause much grief and an official time of mourning?

3. Where does Fermina spy Florentino sitting in chapter four?

4. What "punishment" was inflicted upon Dr. Urbino during the argument over the soap in the bathroom?

5. How old is Fermina Daza when Florentino sees her for the first time?

(see the answer key)

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