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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the townspeople do to combat this discovery?
(a) They write the names of things on the items themselves.
(b) They eat only sweets.
(c) They forced each other to sit down.
(d) They close their eyes.

2. What makes Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula not consummate their relationship?
(a) Jose has an illness.
(b) They are afraid of birth defects.
(c) Ursula does not believe in sexual relations.
(d) They are not attracted to each other.

3. What causes Jose Arcadio Buendia to stop believing in God?
(a) When he prays for something and it doesn't happen.
(b) When he tries unsuccesfully to take a picture of God.
(c) When Ursula has a nervous breakdown.
(d) When they are asked to paint their house blue.

4. Who is Amaranta?
(a) She is the long lost cousin of the family.
(b) She is the grandmother.
(c) She is the third child born of Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula.
(d) She is the nurse.

5. What does Jose Arcadio Buendia do when someone insults his marriage?
(a) He threatens the man who spoke.
(b) He laughs at the man who spoke.
(c) He kills the man who spoke.
(d) He runs away from the man who spoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the townspeople upset with Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula?

2. What does Ursula think about her husband's fascination with science?

3. Who is finally married?

4. Who begins to find Jose Arcadio irresistible?

5. What does Jose Arcadio Buendia like to study?

(see the answer key)

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