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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the sewage from the city drain?
(a) Into the marketplace
(b) Into the city streets
(c) Into the water supply
(d) Into the river

2. 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) Honorable
(b) Embarrassing
(c) Reprehensible
(d) Humilating

3. What type of communication do Florentino and Fermina have at their first face to face meeting?
(a) Verbal only
(b) Physical only
(c) Verbal and physical
(d) None

4. Under what circumstances does Dr. Urbino meet Fermina Daza?
(a) Her father introduces them hoping they will marry
(b) He is called as she shows signs of cholera
(c) She calls him to treat her sick father
(d) He treats her for a broken ankle

5. Which of the following is NOT a step that Dr. Juvenal Urbino takes to help stop the spread of cholera?
(a) Separate market place from the dump
(b) Quarantining suspected cholera patients
(c) Covered sewers
(d) Sewage treatment facilities

Short Answer Questions

1. How did de Saint-Amour kill himself?

2. How many long term liaisons does Florentino describe having?

3. In what way do the hymns which Florentino is playing during Mass change during his period of illness?

4. What does Lorenzo hope will happen on the mule trek?

5. Where does Florentino have a private room where he spends his time while waiting for Fermina to return?

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