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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following two "crimes" did de Saint-Amour confess to in his final letter?
(a) Cannibalism and fleeing a life sentence in prison
(b) Stealing and prostitution
(c) Stealing and fleeing a life sentence in prison
(d) Cannibalism and stealing

2. Why did his lover help him?
(a) Because he forced her
(b) Because he begged her
(c) Because she wanted him dead
(d) Because she loved him

3. Why do Florentino's work and violin play suffer?
(a) Laziness
(b) Rejection
(c) Lovesickness
(d) Physical illness

4. Which description below best fits Lorenzo Daza as a business man?
(a) Without reproach
(b) Criminal
(c) Questionable
(d) Ethical

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the fete Dr. Urbino and Fermina attended devastated by?

2. Of what did Dr. Marco Aurelio Urbino die?

3. Which word best describes the narrator in this novel?

4. Which word best describes the recounting of the narrator in this novel?

5. How does Dr. Urbino feel when he awakes from his sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which sport is loved by some of the characters in this chapter?

2. How do many of the women end up after they have had an affair with Florentino?

3. What is the overriding theme of this novel?

4. How long is forever in Florentino's world?

5. Why did Dr. Urbino decide to marry Fermina?

6. Where does Florentino see dead bodies?

7. What is found in the letter that Florentino finds on his stoop?

8. Why did the disabled man take his own life?

9. Who introduced public health measures to help curb the cholera epidemic?

10. How does Fermina's letter make Florentino feel?

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