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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Earthquake in Chile.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Marquise intend to live her life after she leaves the family home?
(a) For her children.
(b) To the full.
(c) In solitude.
(d) In mourning.

2. What does the family wonder about the Count?
(a) Whether or not he is married.
(b) Whether or not he is wealthy.
(c) Whether or not he is sane.
(d) Whether or not he is fertile.

3. What does the priest make sure to point out?
(a) The importance of remembering the earthquake.
(b) His own survival and the survival of the church.
(c) Jerónimo's and Josefa's circumstances.
(d) Those who perished.

4. What does the paperwork that the Count gives to the Marquise state?
(a) In the event of his death,his estate will be donated to the charity of the Marquise's choosing.
(b) In the event of his death, his child will inherit his entire estate.
(c) In the event of his death, the Marquise's father will have control of his estate.
(d) In the event of his death, the Marquise will inherit his entire estate.

5. What does the Marquise's mother try to get the Marquise to guess?
(a) The identity of the father of the baby.
(b) The Marquise's mother's opinion of her pregnancy.
(c) The wishes of her deceased husband.
(d) The time and place at which her impregnation took place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jerónimo's last name?

2. What does the Count give up by signing some papers from the Marquise's father?

3. How long is Jerónimo unconscious?

4. When did Josefa give birth?

5. What had Josefa done after the earthquake?

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