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Facundo: Or, Civilization and Barbarism Quiz 1

1 What year was the book written?
1710

1800

1845

1900
2 The book concerns which country?
Argentina

Chile

Brazil

Paraguay
3 Rosas is a/an ___?
dictator

priest

artist

scholar
4 The Argentine character is shaped most by ___?
love of learning

dreaminess

violence

lust
5 Which is the most European city?
La Rioja

Montevideo

San Juan

Buenos Ayres
6 The plains here are similar to those in ___?
Europe

North America

Africa

Asia
7 Outside the city the provinces are characterized by ___?
civilization

barbarism

industriousness

peace
8 On the plains, there is a lack in all of the following except ___?
authentic religion

education

reverence for horses

moral progress
9 The "gaucho" is more or less a/an ___?
priest

cowboy

scholar

politician
10 Gauchos are characterized by all the following EXCEPT ___?
reverence for Nature

disdain for anything European

a love of violence

a lack of intellectual powers
11 Which novelist does Sarmiento refer to multiple times?
Herman Melville

James Fenimore Cooper

Charles Brockden Brown

Washington Irving
12 What did Echevarria like to write poems about?
Vast spaces

War

Love

Cities
13 The Argentine people have a particular affinity for ___?
music

writing

weaving

painting
14 The Rastreador is a/an ___?
track-finder

singer

topographer

warrior
15 The Baqueano is characterized by ___?
ebullience

gravity and reserve

high energy

apathy
16 What does the gaucho outlaw steal?
Money

Cattle

Women

Horses
17 The Cantor is a/an ___?
singer

track-finder

warrior

topographer
18 Gauchos rarely ___?
travel far

murder

steal

fight
19 The general time is one of ___?
peace

revolution

religiosity

immorality
20 What is a montonera?
A provincial, warlike association

A person who follows tracks

A plain

A city politician
21 What was lost when country chieftains triumphed?
Disorder

War

Civil order

Fear
22 Which of the following statements about La Rioja is false?
There are not many scholars or priests.

It is economically prosperous.

There is a feeling of terror.

Its houses are falling into ruin.
23 Benavides's rule in San Juan is ___?
bellicose

totalitarian

full of support for education

mild and pacific
24 San Juan is an example of encroaching ___?
barbarism

civilization

sectarianism

foreigners
25 San Juan distinguished itself in the area of ___?
astronomy

art

education

philosophy

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