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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. What place is the Marquise's father ordered to defend?
(a) The tower.
(b) The government residence.
(c) The citadel.
(d) The bridge.

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

3. What does the Marquise's father do willingly during the attack?
(a) He kills anyone in his way.
(b) He fights the enemy.
(c) He gives up his daughter.
(d) He surrenders.

4. What does the Marquise's mother try to get the Marquise to guess?
(a) The time and place at which her impregnation took place.
(b) The wishes of her deceased husband.
(c) The Marquise's mother's opinion of her pregnancy.
(d) The identity of the father of the baby.

5. Why does the father of another baby approach Josefa?
(a) His child will not stop crying.
(b) His wife is too injured to nurse their son.
(c) His wife just gave birth and he is unsure of what to do.
(d) His baby is sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "The Marquise of O-"?

2. Why was Josefa going to embrace the abbess?

3. What does the Marquise's family hear about the Count as they try to decide how to thank him?

4. When the Count tells the Marquise that he wants to marry her, what does she tell him?

5. When does a father of another baby approach Josefa?

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