Click for
"Main" (left) or "Course" (right) home
This is the page for daily questions (in English) for Lesson 9. The
Baroque: Caviedes; the Precursor Túpac Amaru.
Lesson 9A. Juan del Valle Caviedes
9-1. How does the personality of the author appear in this work?
9-2. What characteristics of the literary movement the author belongs
to appear in this work?
9-3. Explain the meaning of the phrase "for every month of life
I will give you thirty one dead?"
9-4. What important facts do we know about the author?
9-5. How does the author reflect his political and social environment?
9-6 What motivated the author to write the "Coloquio que tuvo con
la muerte un médico"?
9-7. Why did he hate doctors so much?
9-8. What is the tone of the poem "Privilegios del pobre"?
9-9. What messages does Caviedes give us in the poem "Para labrarse
fortuna en los palacios"?
9-10. What is Caviedes' style like?
9-11. Identify and explain an antithesis in Caviedes' work.
9-12. What are doctors like in Caviedes' poems?
9-13. Identify and explain a conceit in Caviedes' work.
Lesson
9B. Túpac Amaru (1742-1781)
9-20. Mention some of the more important events in the life of Túpac
Amaru.
9-21. Explain the social structure toward the end of the colonial period.
9-22. What was the great concern the Spanish administrators had in the
Andean region?
9-23. Why did Condorcanqui take the name "Túpac Amaru?"
9-24. What were the more important demands made by Túpac Amaru?
9-25. In his "Bando", why did he make an exception for priests?
9-26 How and where did Túpac Amaru die?
9-27. What is the contemporary importance of Túpac Amaru?