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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Earthquake in Chile.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does a father of another baby approach Josefa?
(a) The night of the earthquake.
(b) The morning after the earthquake.
(c) Immediately following the earthquake.
(d) The afternoon following the earthquake.

2. What does the Marquise request when she writes to her parents?
(a) The Marquise requests that her belongings be sent to her.
(b) The Marquise requests that the father of the baby be sent to the house in V**.
(c) The Marquise requests that her parents never try to contact her again.
(d) The Marquise requests that her children be allowed to visit their grandfather on occasion.

3. What happened when Josefa was about to embrace the abbess?
(a) A woman caught on fire.
(b) The abbess fainted.
(c) The nuns pushed her away.
(d) The convent fell on top of the abbess and the nuns.

4. What does the crowd try to do after the man makes his announcement?
(a) They banish Jerónimo and Josefa.
(b) They glare at Jerónimo and Josefa.
(c) They try to kill Jerónimo and Josefa.
(d) They hush the man.

5. What does the priest blame the earthquake on?
(a) God testing them.
(b) The moral depravity of the town.
(c) The Lord's mysterious ways.
(d) Those who do not practice religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Count shock the Marquise's brother?

2. According to the Count, what is the Marquise more of than the rest of them?

3. What does Jerónimo ask the crowds of people escaping the city?

4. What does the Marquise wish to do when she wakes up after the attacks?

5. How does the Count feel about marrying the Marquise?

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