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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) Cannibalism and stealing
(d) Stealing and fleeing a life sentence in prison

2. Where is the first place that Fermina Daza and Florentino come face to face?
(a) A church Mass
(b) Christmas Eve Mass
(c) Outside her school
(d) At her father's office

3. What are Dr. Urbino's last words in reference to?
(a) Seeing his dreams had come true
(b) Anger at his foolishness
(c) His love for his wife
(d) Cursing the parrot

4. In what way do the hymns which Florentino is playing during Mass change during his period of illness?
(a) They begin to sound more like love waltzes
(b) He plays them at a much more rapid pace
(c) They begin to include many errors
(d) He plays them out of tune

5. What does the one letter which Florentino delivers to Fermina pledge?
(a) Perfect love and everlasting fidelity
(b) Perfect admiration and everlasting lust
(c) Perfect lust and everlasting admiration
(d) Perfect fidelity and everlasting love

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the best synonym for cosmopolitan as it is used to describe Paris?

2. What business did Florentino's father help to found?

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

4. Why did his lover help him?

5. Which of the following is not a type of communication Florentino and Fermina shared during their two year correspondence?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Urbino associate the scent from cyanide with?

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

3. How does the author describe the feelings of Dr. Urbino's presence that Fermina has?

4. Who has been in love with Fermina for more than half of a century?

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

6. Why does Fermina agree to meet Florentino finally?

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

8. How does Dr. Urbino die?

9. What were two steps Dr. Juvenal Urbino had the city do to curb the cholera epidemic?

10. What promise does Fermina insist be part of the bargain as she agrees to marry Florentino?

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