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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the bodies which Florentino sees floating in the river victims of?
(a) Cholera only
(b) Another cause beside cholera or the civil war
(c) Cholera and the civil war
(d) Civil war only

2. What happens to Florentino as he waits for a response to his letter from Fermina?
(a) He has just diarrhea
(b) He has green vomit and fainting spells
(c) He has diarrhea, green vomit and fainting spells
(d) None, he stays quite healthy

3. Which of the following two "crimes" did de Saint-Amour confess to in his final letter?
(a) Stealing and fleeing a life sentence in prison
(b) Cannibalism and stealing
(c) Cannibalism and fleeing a life sentence in prison
(d) Stealing and prostitution

4. From which medical condition did Florentino suffer in this chapter?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Broken arm
(c) Cholera
(d) Impotence

5. How many long term liaisons does Florentino describe having?
(a) 222
(b) 52
(c) 622
(d) 2

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the fete Dr. Urbino and Fermina attended devastated by?

3. What does Florentino resolve to become in order to win Fermina?

4. What prevents Florentino from continuing to visit Fermina on a weekly basis?

5. Why had Florentino maintained his virginity even through his days at the brothel?

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