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

2. Which of the following means the same as mortal as it is used in this chapter?
(a) Earthly
(b) Deadly
(c) Worldly
(d) Human Being

3. How do the insults in Fermina's letter affect Florentino?
(a) Leave him undaunted
(b) Leave him carefree
(c) Leave him concerned
(d) Leave him afraid

4. 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

5. Where does Florentino see Fermina after she has returned from living with her cousin for two years?
(a) Her home
(b) Riverboat
(c) Outdoor theater
(d) Marketplace

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

7. What helped Fermina through her grief?
(a) Florentino's presence
(b) Florentino's mediations
(c) Florentino's lectures
(d) Florentino's love

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

9. What color would the flag ships fly to indicate someone on board suffered from cholera?
(a) Red
(b) White
(c) Yellow
(d) Black

10. Which of the following is the best definition for clandestine as it is used in chapter four?
(a) Open
(b) Serreptitious
(c) Needing to be concealed or secret
(d) Underground and unknown

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

12. Which of the following characters committed suicide?
(a) Ofelia Urbino
(b) America Vicuna
(c) Fermina
(d) Florentino

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

14. From which medical condition did Florentino suffer in this chapter?
(a) Cholera
(b) Impotence
(c) Broken arm
(d) Tuberculosis

15. What makes Florentino have to request a different day to meet Fermina?
(a) Fermina's children
(b) Fermina's attitude toward him
(c) Diarrhea
(d) Cholera

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Florentino write on Olimpia Zuleta?

2. What does the term disfigured mean?

3. Which character said the following "Love is ridiculous at our age, but at theirs it is revolting"?

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

5. Which event in chapter five is used to demonstrate that Fermina and Dr. Urbino's serious troubles are distant and insignificant?

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