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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Florentino resolve to become in order to win Fermina?
(a) Rich and wealthy
(b) A personal success
(c) A fabulous lover
(d) A successful writer/poet

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

5. What is Florentino's nickname for Fermina?
(a) Crowned Goddess
(b) Goddess
(c) Crowned Glory
(d) Beautiful Goddess

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the term odious mean as used to describe Fermina's mother-in-law in chapter four?

2. How old is Florentino's blood relative whom he takes as a lover?

3. How many publishers expressed an interest in publishing Florentino's book, which he entitled A Lover's Companion?

4. How long were Fermina and Dr. Urbino away on their second honeymoon?

5. What physical injury caused Dr. Urbino's death?

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