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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Florentino in chapter one of this novel?
(a) 76
(b) 96
(c) 80
(d) 55

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

3. What was the fete Dr. Urbino and Fermina attended devastated by?
(a) Winds
(b) Drought
(c) Torrential rain
(d) Hurricane

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

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

6. Which word best describes the recounting of the narrator in this novel?
(a) Fiery
(b) Dispassionate
(c) Unfair
(d) Biased

7. How old is Dr. Urbino in chapter one of this novel?
(a) 90
(b) 60
(c) 80
(d) 70

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

9. How does Fermina treat Florentino when she comes face to face with him in the market place?
(a) Cold dismissal
(b) Warm thoughts
(c) Hugs and relief
(d) Cold language

10. Which of the following is a synonym for paramour?
(a) Lover
(b) Husband
(c) Friend
(d) Wife

11. In what way do the hymns which Florentino is playing during Mass change during his period of illness?
(a) They begin to include many errors
(b) He plays them out of tune
(c) They begin to sound more like love waltzes
(d) He plays them at a much more rapid pace

12. How old is Fermina when she returns from her trek?
(a) 18
(b) 17
(c) 16
(d) 19

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

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

15. What did de Saint-Amour vow to do when he reached the age of sixty?
(a) Marry a new woman
(b) Divorce his wife
(c) Take his own life
(d) Take a lover

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps to aid the communication between Fermina and Florentino?

2. How many years earlier do the events in this chapter take place?

3. Who else died in the same manner as de Saint-Amour?

4. What does Fermina return to Florentino with the note saying she will not marry him?

5. Which of the following is the best synonym for cosmopolitan as it is used to describe Paris?

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