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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Person of opposites
(b) Something absurd or contradictory
(c) Surprising
(d) Self-contradictory statement

2. How did de Saint-Amour kill himself?
(a) Gunshot
(b) Hanging
(c) Overdose of medication
(d) Gold cyanide

3. Which of the following is a definition for inamorata?
(a) Man whom somebody loves
(b) Man who loves a woman
(c) Woman who loves a man
(d) Woman whom somebody loves

4. What is Juvenal Urbino's profession?
(a) Government official
(b) Artist
(c) Doctor
(d) Photographer

5. Which term best describes how Florentino lost his virginity?
(a) Unwilling but persuaded
(b) Rape
(c) Voluntary
(d) Consensual

Short Answer Questions

1. What "punishment" was inflicted upon Dr. Urbino during the argument over the soap in the bathroom?

2. Who is Hildebranda Sanchez?

3. What is Fermina's reply when Florentino finally proposes marriage?

4. While in the marketplace, Fermina bargains over fabric for what?

5. How many years pass between the rejection at the market place and Florentino's repeated vows upon the death of her husband?

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