This is the Multiple-choice Questions Page

The Mid-term exam will use multiple-choice questions similar to the ones which follow. The "Hints" refer to pages in Child's text.

Question MC 13-2: In Isaacs' "María", love

a. destroys the characters

b. is a "chaste delirium"

c. is unrequited

d. conquers death

 

Question MC 6-1: What motivated the conquistadores?

a. The Monarchs forced them to go

b. The need for land for their crops

c. Spain was overpopulated

d. God, gold, glory

 

Question MC 3-2: What was the main function of Maya cities?

a. They didn't really have cities

b. Commercial

c. Religious

d. Storage places

 

Question MC 8-1: In the Aztec poetry of the Conquest, explain the meaning of the phrase "we beat against the adobe walls".

a. It was a novel construction technique

b. It shows the despair of the defeated Aztecs

c. It was a euphemism for sacrificing prisoners

d. It was a tactic for overcoming the Spanish fortresses

 

Question MC 4-2: (Lesson 4, page 30/1) Why does El Inca Garcilaso keep insisting on telling us of his Inca background?

a. Because he feels guilty about it

b. Because he rejects his Spanish background

c. Because his readers were mainly Incas

d. Because he is proud of it

 

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 5-2: What was the reason for the Treaty of Tordesillas?

a. It ended a war between Portugal and Spain

b. It was done to make the Protestants happy

c. The Pope was dividing the world

d. It was needed to settle Antarctica's sovereignty

 

Question MC 10-1: Why did Condorcanqui take the name Tupac Amaru?

a. It would appeal to the large number of Indigenous

b. It was required by Spanish law

c. So that he could claim his inherited lands

d. It was a good cover

 

Question MC 6-2: What was Bernal Díaz del Castillo's style like?

a. Frank and direct

b. Poetic

c. Imaginative

d. Epic

 

Question MC 11-2: How does Bello view the city and the countryside?

a. The city corrupts, the countryside is pure

b. The city was good, the countryside evil

c. The classical emphasis ignored both

d. He knew little about the countryside

 

Question MC 7-1: Why was Atahualpa killed?

a. Because he was trying to escape

b. Because his subjects did not pay the ransom

c. Because the Spanish were afraid he would lead a revolt

d. Because he murdered Pizarro

 

Question MC 3-1: What was one of the ways the Maya achieved their ideal of a straight facial profile from forehead to the tip of the nose?

a. By compressing the baby's head with boards

b. By careful selection of marriage partners

c. By surgery

d. By transplanting

 

Question MC 8-2: Why does Las Casas deserve the title "Defender of the Indians"?

a. It was ironic - he actually persecuted them

b. Because he discovered a cure for their diseases

c. Because he defended them against the Protestants

d. He was their champion against Spanish abuses

 

Multiple choice question 2-1: The "backbone" of the Western Hemisphere is:

a. The notion of being part of a "New World"

b. The mountain range from Alaska to Antarctica

c. Cultural unity among the peoples

d. The regional organization (the OAS)

 

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


Multiple choice question 2-2: From a cultural perspective, where does "Latin America" begin on the Pacific side?

a. At the Mexican-US border

b. Somewhere between Tijuana and Acapulco

c. At the Rio Grande

d. Somewhere between San Francisco and Los Angeles

 

Question MC 10-2 In Bolívar's "Jamaica Letter", explain the meaning of the phrase "the fierce republicans of Arauco".

a. He was a Democrat who knew his enemies

b. It was a reference to the bellicose inhabitants of Chile

c. It has to do with Orange County, southern California

d. The Araucos wanted to remain part of Spain

 

Question MC 4-1: What eventually was the main reason the Aztecs would go to war?

a. As a population control measure

b. To obtain prisoners for sacrifices

c. To obtain gold

d. To spread their superior culture

 

Question MC 12-1: What was Sarmiento's attitude towards the U.S.?

a. It was a love-hate relationship

b. He was an anti-U.S. nationalist

c. He felt Great Britain had superior values

d. He greatly admired the U.S.

 

Question MC 5-1: Why did Columbus give the name "Indies" to the Americas?

a. Because he thought he had reached India

b. It was short for "In desperation"

c. He was trying to deceive the Catholic Monarchs

d. He didn't give it that name

 

Question MC12-2: What characteristics of Romanticism does Echeverría present in "The Slaughterhouse"?

a. The sensitive esthetic side

b. The liberal political struggle against the caudillos

c. The beauties of nature

d. Nature mirroring human emotions

 

Question MC 13-1: In Heredia's poetry, nature

a. is not present

b. is passive

c. is subordinate to humans

d. reflects human emotions

 

Question MC 11-1: What was the "classical" part of Neoclassicism?

a. Spain's classical golden age

b. A rejection of French models

c. A return to Greek and Roman models

d. The search for good translations

 

Question MC 7-2: Is there a hero in Ercilla's poem?

a. Yes, King Philip of Spain

b. Possibly the Araucanians collectively

c. No, it is not an epic poem

d. Yes, the author himself