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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Fermina treat Florentino when she comes face to face with him in the market place?
(a) Hugs and relief
(b) Warm thoughts
(c) Cold language
(d) Cold dismissal

2. Which of the following is the best definition of a refuge as it is used to describe Widow Nazaret coming to live with Florentino and his mother?
(a) Retreat
(b) Harbor
(c) Protection
(d) Asylum

3. What does Florentino place in the river to float away like the corpses?
(a) All of the letters Fermina has written to him over the years
(b) His writings and meditations
(c) His lovers
(d) Passionate letters to Fermina

4. Which of the following is an antonym for the word ignominious as it is used to describe the manner of Dr. Urbino's death?
(a) Humilating
(b) Honorable
(c) Embarrassing
(d) Reprehensible

5. Why did Dr. Urbino's death cause much grief and an official time of mourning?
(a) Because of his standing in the community
(b) Because of the events of his life
(c) Because of who his wife was
(d) Because of the way he died

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Florentino think has cleared his mind of Fermina Daza?

2. Which of the following provides the best synonym for haunting as it is used in this part of a sentence: "From Florentino's days of haunting the brothel"?

3. Which of the following is the best definition for the term paradoxically as used to describe the narrator's telling of the trivial matters of domestic life that nearly caused the strong bond between husband and wife to disintegrate?

4. How old is Fermina when she returns from her trek?

5. Who else died in the same manner as de Saint-Amour?

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