Logo: Fidel
Castro 
This is Lesson 21: The Cuban Revolution
Multiple choice questions for the Lesson (click on the correct answer;
if you are wrong, nothing happens; if you are right you will get a confirmation):
MC-1. Che Guevara believed
MC-2. In Quiroga's psychological short stories
Short-answer questions for the Lesson. Instructions: If you are not
sure about the answer and would like a hint, click on the figure labeled
"Hint".
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We may also be discussing these questions orally in class, and similar questions
will appear in unannounced quizzes.
HINT SA 1: Why was the Cuban Revolution
significant for Latin America?
HINT SA 2: What are the more important
elements in the balance sheet of the Cuban Revolution?
HINT SA 3: Who was Che Guevara
and why was he important?
HINT SA 4: At the end of Quiroga's
story, has rationality or irrationality triumphed?
HINT SA 6: In what ways was the
Cuban Revolution similar and different from the Mexican?
HINT SA 7: Describe Fidel Castro's
early activities.
HINT SA 8: What happened at the
Bay of Pigs (April 1961), and why?
HINT SA 9: How is Quiroga different
from the Surrealist writers?
HINT SA 10: Assume you are a neighbor
of the father and you see him returning home at the end of the story. What
would you do and say to him?
HINT SA 11: Q11 206/3, 4 Describe
the guerrilla phase of the Cuban Revolution
SORRY NO HINT SA 12:
Question from McNees, pp. 404-409, Norberto Fuentes, "Honor Cleaned":
Who are the "cunter-revolutionary bandits"?
SORRY NO HINT SA 13: Question from McNees, pp.
404-409, Norberto Fuentes, "Honor Cleaned": Why does the militiaman
need to have his "honor cleaned"?
SORRY NO HINT SA 14: Question from McNees, pp.
208-214, Hernando Téllez, "Just Lather, That's All": What
does this story tell us about machismo?
SORRY NO HINT SA 15: Question from McNees, pp.
208-214, Hernando Téllez, "Just Lather, That's All": What
is the significance of the title?