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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 characters committed suicide?
(a) Florentino
(b) America Vicuna
(c) Ofelia Urbino
(d) Fermina

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

3. What tool used by the author would best describe his making Florentino unable to perform the first time they attempted to have sex?
(a) Personification
(b) Similies
(c) Metaphorical language
(d) Irony

4. What vision did Florentino give up in regard to Fermina?
(a) Writing to her
(b) Showering her with gold and treasure
(c) Marrying her
(d) Making her pregnant

5. Which of the following terms does NOT describe the arrangement between Dr. Urbino and Fermina while she lived with her cousin?
(a) Estranged
(b) United
(c) Alienated
(d) Separated

6. Where does Fermina spy Florentino sitting in chapter four?
(a) At the riverboat company
(b) In the marketplace
(c) On the bench where he sat when he courted her
(d) At the poetic festival

7. Which of the following is something Fermina did NOT burn?
(a) Suits
(b) Letters from Florentino
(c) Furniture
(d) Fires

8. What did Fermina Daza do with the furniture?
(a) Burnt them
(b) Auctioned them off
(c) Gave them to her children
(d) Destroyed them

9. What other event earlier in the novel lead to a disagreement with Fermina and Dr. Urbino?
(a) Fight over shampoo
(b) Fight over children
(c) Fight over where to live
(d) Fight over soap

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

11. What does Florentino tell his uncle is the only thing he cares about?
(a) Love
(b) Fermina
(c) Work
(d) Writing

12. How old is Florentino's blood relative whom he takes as a lover?
(a) 14
(b) 41
(c) 21
(d) 15

13. How old is Florentino in this chapter?
(a) 66
(b) 56
(c) 46
(d) 36

14. Which of the following is NOT a plague that affected people in this time period in Columbia?
(a) Cholera
(b) AIDS
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Civil War

15. Which of the following characters is a cousin to Fermina?
(a) Sanchez
(b) Florentino
(c) De Saint-Amour
(d) Marquez

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fermina feel as she thinks about Florentino's announcement at the vigil for Dr. Urbino?

2. Which character has the more optimistic view of aging?

3. What does Florentino call his clandestine liaisons with many different women?

4. What makes Florentino have to request a different day to meet Fermina?

5. Which character in the story felt that old age held no promise and no joy?

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