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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Fermina say was the best time of her marriage to Dr. Urbino?
(a) The last 5 years
(b) The first 10 years
(c) The first honeymoon
(d) The 30 years after the second honeymoon

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

3. To what is Florentino a patron?
(a) Brothels
(b) Riverboat company
(c) Dr. Urbino
(d) Cultural events

4. Who moves in with Florentino and his mother when he returns home from his post in the mountains?
(a) A soldier of the civil war
(b) A widow
(c) His father
(d) Ferina Daza

5. What was the fete Dr. Urbino and Fermina attended devastated by?
(a) Hurricane
(b) Torrential rain
(c) Winds
(d) Drought

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years earlier do the events in this chapter take place?

2. What event does Florentino go to because Fermina always announces the winners?

3. Which word best describes the recounting of the narrator in this novel?

4. What event will Dr. Urbino be attending which he would like to take a siesta before he must get ready for?

5. Why does Dr. Urbino feel offended by what de Saint-Amour leaves for him?

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