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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characters committed suicide?
(a) Fermina
(b) Ofelia Urbino
(c) Florentino
(d) America Vicuna

2. Which character in the story felt that old age held no promise and no joy?
(a) Jeremiah de Saint-Amour
(b) Lorenzo Daza
(c) Dr. Juvenal Urbino
(d) Florentino

3. Whom does Fermina banish from her life?
(a) Her daughter
(b) Florentino
(c) Her husband
(d) Her son

4. How long has Florentino been in love with Fermina by the end of chapter five?
(a) 20 years
(b) 30 years
(c) 70 years
(d) 50 years

5. How does Florentino suffer physically after he is thrown out of Fermina's home?
(a) Broken spine
(b) Cholera
(c) Broken ankle
(d) Intestinal unpleasantness

6. How does Fermina feel as she thinks about Florentino's announcement at the vigil for Dr. Urbino?
(a) Sadness
(b) Rage
(c) Longing
(d) Relief

7. Where is Florentino when the church bells toll indicating Dr. Urbino is dead?
(a) In a private cabin behind the riverboat company
(b) At Fermina's home
(c) Driving the riverboat
(d) At home in bed with America

8. Which of the following characters was murdered?
(a) America Vicuna
(b) Dr. Urbino
(c) Leona Cassiani
(d) Olimpia Zuleta

9. What does Florentino call his clandestine liaisons with many different women?
(a) Companion hunting
(b) Solitary loving
(c) Solitary hunting
(d) Companion loving

10. Which character has the more optimistic view of aging?
(a) Florentino
(b) Fermina Daza
(c) Marquez
(d) De Saint-Amour

11. What can the aging bodies of Florentino and Fermina be seen as symbols of?
(a) Love aging
(b) Love divided
(c) A dying country
(d) Suicide

12. Which position was Florentino demoted to by his uncle?
(a) Trash collector
(b) Riverboat captain
(c) Writing business letters for his uncle
(d) Mail clerk

13. How do the insults in Fermina's letter affect Florentino?
(a) Leave him undaunted
(b) Leave him afraid
(c) Leave him concerned
(d) Leave him carefree

14. Who finally gives in and ends the estrangement of Fermina living with her cousin?
(a) Fermina
(b) Hildebranda Sanchez
(c) Dr. Urbino
(d) Florentino

15. What does Florentino tell his mistress he is going to do?
(a) Die from cholera
(b) Leave her
(c) Choose a new mistress
(d) Marry

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms does NOT describe the arrangement between Dr. Urbino and Fermina while she lived with her cousin?

2. Which event would Florentino and Dr. Urbino most likely have crossed paths?

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

4. Which of the following is true about Florentino?

5. Which event in chapter five is used to demonstrate that Fermina and Dr. Urbino's serious troubles are distant and insignificant?

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