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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 a synonym for rumination as it is used in chapter four?
(a) Love letters
(b) Letters
(c) Mantra
(d) Reflection

2. What does the term disfigured mean?
(a) To mar the appearance of someone
(b) To stain
(c) Unspoiled
(d) To enhance the appearance of someone

3. What is meant by the term cultivates as used in chapter five?
(a) To work land or prepare soil for growing crops
(b) To develop acquaintance with somebody
(c) To break up soil with a toll or machine
(d) To improve or develop something

4. At what event do Fermina and Florentino next meet face to face?
(a) Market Place
(b) In Fermina's home
(c) One-year anniversary Mass for Dr. Urbino's death
(d) Two days after the anniversary Mass for Dr. Urbino's death

5. How does Florentino suffer physically after he is thrown out of Fermina's home?
(a) Intestinal unpleasantness
(b) Broken ankle
(c) Broken spine
(d) Cholera

6. How long were Fermina and Dr. Urbino away on their second honeymoon?
(a) 3 months
(b) 2 years
(c) 3 years
(d) 2 months

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

8. Where do the rumors indicate that Fermina has fled when she leaves the city?
(a) To another country
(b) Her cousin's house
(c) A hospital for the rich
(d) To the countryside

9. What does Florentino tell his mistress he is going to do?
(a) Marry
(b) Die from cholera
(c) Choose a new mistress
(d) Leave her

10. What does Florentino pledge to Fermina?
(a) Love and sexual adventures
(b) Eternal love and everlasting fidelity
(c) Eternal fidelity and everlasting love
(d) Eternal love and everlasting sex

11. What are missives?
(a) Mantras
(b) Diseases
(c) Letters
(d) Missiles

12. What can the aging bodies of Florentino and Fermina be seen as symbols of?
(a) Suicide
(b) Love aging
(c) Love divided
(d) A dying country

13. In what way was Leona Cassiani important to Florentino?
(a) Confidante
(b) Lover
(c) Writer
(d) Employer

14. Where did Florentino write on the wife who was murdered by her husband?
(a) Arm
(b) Sexual organs
(c) Stomach
(d) Leg

15. The balloon trip to San Juan de la Cienega was the country's first attempt at what?
(a) Hot air balloon travel
(b) Airmail delivery
(c) Blimp travel
(d) Flight

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finally gives in and ends the estrangement of Fermina living with her cousin?

2. Which of the following characters was murdered?

3. To what is Florentino a patron?

4. When Florentino sees Fermina for the first time after her return, he is surprised to see that she is not ____________________.

5. For how long does Florentino suffer before he finds a letter from Fermina on his stoop?

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