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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Fermina's father take her on a mule trek?
(a) He wants to get to know Florentino
(b) He wants to give her one last adventure before she marries
(c) He does not approve of the marriage
(d) He wants to spend time with his daughter before she is married

2. Where does the sewage from the city drain?
(a) Into the water supply
(b) Into the river
(c) Into the city streets
(d) Into the marketplace

3. When did Florentino stop living with his mother?
(a) Until he started working on the riverboat
(b) Upon his eighteenth birthday
(c) Upon her death
(d) Until he met Fermina

4. When it is thought that Fermina has cholera, what does she indeed have?
(a) Intestinal infection
(b) She is pregnant
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Cholera

5. Which of the following provides the best synonym for haunting as it is used in this part of a sentence: "From Florentino's days of haunting the brothel"?
(a) Lingering
(b) Evocative
(c) Recurring
(d) Poignant

6. Why does Dr. Urbino feel offended by what de Saint-Amour leaves for him?
(a) He is upset that he could not stop his death
(b) He is upset that he killed himself
(c) He is upset that he knew someone with a shady past
(d) He is offended by the secrets kept

7. 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) Self-contradictory statement
(b) Person of opposites
(c) Surprising
(d) Something absurd or contradictory

8. What are Dr. Urbino's last words in reference to?
(a) Anger at his foolishness
(b) Seeing his dreams had come true
(c) His love for his wife
(d) Cursing the parrot

9. How many long term liaisons does Florentino describe having?
(a) 52
(b) 2
(c) 622
(d) 222

10. Who is Hildebranda Sanchez?
(a) Florentino's cousin
(b) Fermina's cousin
(c) Fermina's friend
(d) Florentino's lover

11. 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 eggs
(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 eggplant
(d) Very well, I will marry you if you promise me everlasting love

12. Where did Dr. Urbino study?
(a) Bogota
(b) Paris
(c) Madrid
(d) America

13. What was Jeremiah de Saint-Amour's profession?
(a) Artist
(b) Government official
(c) Doctor
(d) Photographer

14. Which of the following is the best synonym for cosmopolitan as it is used to describe Paris?
(a) Mixed
(b) Insular
(c) Sophisticated
(d) International

15. What is Juvenal Urbino's profession?
(a) Doctor
(b) Artist
(c) Photographer
(d) Government official

Short Answer Questions

1. While in the marketplace, Fermina bargains over fabric for what?

2. What job does Florentino use to support himself when he first sees Fermina Daza?

3. What does the one letter which Florentino delivers to Fermina pledge?

4. What event within the household prevents Dr. Urbino from getting his siesta?

5. Why had Florentino maintained his virginity even through his days at the brothel?

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