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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Juvenal Urbino know Jeremiah de Saint-Amour?
(a) He photographed him
(b) They were lovers
(c) He bought art from him
(d) They played chess

3. Which of the following is NOT a step that Dr. Juvenal Urbino takes to help stop the spread of cholera?
(a) Quarantining suspected cholera patients
(b) Separate market place from the dump
(c) Covered sewers
(d) Sewage treatment facilities

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

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

6. Which term best describes how Florentino lost his virginity?
(a) Rape
(b) Consensual
(c) Unwilling but persuaded
(d) Voluntary

7. How did de Saint-Amour kill himself?
(a) Gold cyanide
(b) Overdose of medication
(c) Hanging
(d) Gunshot

8. Who else died in the same manner as de Saint-Amour?
(a) Dr. Juvenal Urbino
(b) Mister Woodrow Wilson, his cat
(c) Mister Woodrow Wilson, his dog
(d) His lover and caretaker

9. How old is Fermina Daza when Dr. Urbino meets her?
(a) 13
(b) 30
(c) 20
(d) 18

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

11. Why had Florentino maintained his virginity even through his days at the brothel?
(a) He was afraid of women
(b) He was impotent
(c) His illness prevented him from taking a mate
(d) He was saving himself for Fermina

12. Which word best describes the narrator in this novel?
(a) Omnipresent
(b) Omnithought
(c) Omnipotent
(d) Omniscient

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

14. How many years earlier do the events in this chapter take place?
(a) 60 years
(b) 50 years
(c) 30 years
(d) 70 years

15. What "punishment" was inflicted upon Dr. Urbino during the argument over the soap in the bathroom?
(a) Had to move out of the house
(b) Fermina left the house
(c) Fermina moved out of the bedroom
(d) Had to move out of the bedroom

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is an antonym for the word ignominious as it is used to describe the manner of Dr. Urbino's death?

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

3. Which description below best fits Lorenzo Daza as a business man?

4. What does Dr. Urbino see perched on rooftops throughout the city?

5. How do Florentino and Fermina correspond while she is on her trek?

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