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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Fermina's reply when Florentino finally proposes marriage?
(a) Very well, I will marry you if you promise not to make me eat eggs
(b) Very well, I will marry you if you promise to be faithful
(c) Very, well, I will marry you if you promise not to make me eat eggplant
(d) Very well, I will marry you if you promise me everlasting love

2. How many years earlier do the events in this chapter take place?
(a) 30 years
(b) 50 years
(c) 70 years
(d) 60 years

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

4. In what way do the hymns which Florentino is playing during Mass change during his period of illness?
(a) He plays them out of tune
(b) They begin to sound more like love waltzes
(c) He plays them at a much more rapid pace
(d) They begin to include many errors

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

6. Which of the following is the best synonym for cosmopolitan as it is used to describe Paris?
(a) Mixed
(b) Sophisticated
(c) International
(d) Insular

7. While in the marketplace, Fermina bargains over fabric for what?
(a) Clothing
(b) Wedding dress
(c) Pillows
(d) Marriage sheets

8. What expansion has the fire department made as a direct result of his own civic contributions?
(a) A willingness to do anything for him personally
(b) Rescues and emergency response
(c) New fire truck
(d) New ladder which will reach the parrot

9. What is the name of the harbor town that is the setting for this novel?
(a) Columbia
(b) Paris
(c) Hildebranda
(d) Nameless

10. Which word best describes the recounting of the narrator in this novel?
(a) Dispassionate
(b) Fiery
(c) Biased
(d) Unfair

11. What event within the household prevents Dr. Urbino from getting his siesta?
(a) Death of his friend
(b) Argument with his wife
(c) Escaped family parrot
(d) Visit from his children

12. Why did his lover help him?
(a) Because she loved him
(b) Because he forced her
(c) Because she wanted him dead
(d) Because he begged her

13. Where did Dr. Urbino study?
(a) America
(b) Bogota
(c) Paris
(d) Madrid

14. 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) Self-contradictory statement
(c) Surprising
(d) Something absurd or contradictory

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who assists Dr. Urbino in the courting process?

2. Why did de Saint-Amour make this vow?

3. Who moves in with Florentino and his mother when he returns home from his post in the mountains?

4. What was Jeremiah de Saint-Amour's profession?

5. What type of communication do Florentino and Fermina have at their first face to face meeting?

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