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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Passionate letters to Fermina
(d) His lovers

2. In what way was Leona Cassiani important to Florentino?
(a) Writer
(b) Confidante
(c) Employer
(d) Lover

3. What does Fermina return to Florentino with the note saying she will not marry him?
(a) All of his gifts
(b) Everything he had sent her
(c) Dried flowers
(d) All of his letters

4. Who helps to aid the communication between Fermina and Florentino?
(a) Fermina's sister
(b) Fermina's aunt
(c) Florentino's uncle
(d) Florentino's mother

5. Which of the following characters was the captain of the boat on which Florentino and Fermina sailed?
(a) Marquez
(b) De Saint-Amour
(c) Florentino
(d) Samaritano

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years were Fermina and Dr. Urbino married when the soap in the bathroom incident occurred?

2. How old is Florentino's blood relative whom he takes as a lover?

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

4. Who is Florentino's current mistress?

5. What can the aging bodies of Florentino and Fermina be seen as symbols of?

(see the answer key)

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