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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 means the same as impertinence?
(a) Reverence
(b) Deference
(c) Respect
(d) Insolence

2. Fermina's miserable feelings leads her to ask for what?
(a) A divorce
(b) A second honeymoon
(c) Another child
(d) A liaison with Florention

3. Which event in chapter five is used to demonstrate that Fermina and Dr. Urbino's serious troubles are distant and insignificant?
(a) The balloon ride after delivering the letter
(b) The balloon ride to deliver the letter
(c) Florentino's declaration of love to Fermina
(d) Florentino's seduction of the underage relative

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

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

6. What other event earlier in the novel lead to a disagreement with Fermina and Dr. Urbino?
(a) Fight over shampoo
(b) Fight over children
(c) Fight over where to live
(d) Fight over soap

7. Which of the following is true about Florentino?
(a) He has given up trying to become a writing
(b) Believes he is upholding his vows to Fermina
(c) He is in love with Olimpia Zuleta
(d) He remains a trash collector

8. Which of the following is NOT an event that Fermina regularly complains about plaguing her in chapter four?
(a) Florentino's letters
(b) Boring routine
(c) Formality of the household
(d) Mother-in-law

9. Which of the following is something Fermina did NOT burn?
(a) Suits
(b) Letters from Florentino
(c) Fires
(d) Furniture

10. What were Dr. Urbino and Fermina celebrating at the beginning of chapter five?
(a) Beginning of a new century
(b) Being in love
(c) Anniversary
(d) Beginning of a new decade

11. What does the incessant ringing of the church bells indicate?
(a) Return to homes, there is danger
(b) It is time for Mass
(c) Anyone has died
(d) Someone important has died

12. What is Florentino's nickname for Fermina?
(a) Crowned Glory
(b) Crowned Goddess
(c) Beautiful Goddess
(d) Goddess

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

14. Which event would Florentino and Dr. Urbino most likely have crossed paths?
(a) Government meeting
(b) Riverboat convention
(c) Medical Convention
(d) Art show

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which description best fits Fermina's view of love?

4. How did Dr. Urbino and Fermina travel to deliver the letter from the Governor?

5. Whom does Fermina banish from her life?

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