The logo for lesson 9 is Sor Juana

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This is Lesson 9, The Colonial Baroque

If you would like to see the full text of Lesson 9 click here.

If you would like to read the literature portion in the original Spanish side-by-side with the English translation, click here (note: this is an excellent language learning technique).

Multiple choice questions for Lesson 5 (click on the correct answer; if you are wrong, nothing happens; if you are right you will get a confirmation):

Question MC 9-1: What was the foundation of the Colonial power structure?

a. Close links between the Crown and the Church

b. A police state

c. Grass-roots democracy

d. Free trade

Question MC 9-2: Why did Sor Juana resist eating cheese as a girl?

a. She was on a low-calorie diet

b. It spoiled rapidly in the tropical climate

c. It was part of her religion

d. She thought it would make her stupid

Short-answer questions for Lesson 9. Instructions: If you are not sure about the answer and would like a hint, click on the figure labeled "Hint".

Note: In later versions of this web site we plan to make it possible for you to type your answer directly on the web site and send it back to the instructor electronically. For the moment you might want to type your answers in a word processing program and let the instructor have them for extra credit (on paper or electronically via email to jchild@american.edu). We may also be discussing these questions orally in class, and similar questions will appear in unannounced quizes.

HINT Question SA 9-1: What were the main administrative units during the Colonial period? Can you place them on a map?

HINT Question SA 9-2: Why was most Colonial art related to the Church?

HINT Question SA 9-3: What were some of the manifestations of popular culture in the Colonial period?

HINT Question SA 9-4: What did Sor Juana do as a girl to learn how to read?

HINT Question SA 9-5: What motivated Balbuena to write "Mexico's Grandeur"?

HINT Question SA 9-6: What was the price the Indigenous and the Africans paid for the Colonial Iberian system?

HINT Question SA 9-7: What were the main characteristics of the Iberian land/labor system?

HINT Question SA 9-8: Explain the political significance of the Baroque in Latin America.

HINT Question SA 9-9: Explain the feminist aspects of the poetry of Sor Juana.

HINT Question SA 9-10: How did Sor Juana discipline herself to learn Latin?

HINT Question SA 9-11: What features of the Baroque appear in Balbuena's "Mexico's Grandeur"?

HINT Question SA 9-12: Why was the Colonial control by the Iberians not complete?

HINT Question SA 9-13: What are the principal features of the Baroque?

HINT Question SA 9-14: What were the "retablos"?

HINT Question SA 9-15: What motivated Sor Juana to write the "Reply to Sor Filotea"?