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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Dr. Urbino called to de Saint-Amour's home?

2. Why did de Saint-Amour make this vow?

3. Where does Fermina Daza attend school?

4. Who moves in with Florentino and his mother when he returns home from his post in the mountains?

5. What job does Florentino use to support himself when he first sees Fermina Daza?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Fermina was seventeen, what did she become in charge of?

2. What kinds of things does the author use to describe the depressing decline of the city where Dr. Urbino returns to after leaving Paris?

3. What does Florentino's uncle claim there must be in order for there to be love?

4. What does Fermina begin to wonder when she sees Florentino sitting on the bench where he had once courted her?

5. What does Fermina do with all of Dr. Urbino's suits?

6. Name three ways that Florentino cultivates the fourteen-year-old school girl he takes as his lover.

7. What happens to Florentino after he announces his continued vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love for the second time to Fermina?

8. Where does Florentino spend his time when Fermina is off on her journey?

9. What does the author mean with the phrase "abyss of disenchantment"?

10. Whose conscience does the parrot seem to represent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the early parts of the novel, Fermina believes that one could be happy not only without love, but despite it. Make a judgment about the accuracy of this statement. Use information from the text and your own life to support your judgment.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the purpose of the parrot in this story.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay, using examples from the novel, describing the various testaments to love. Include in your essay how effective you believe these testaments would be in today's society.

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