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Facundo: Or, Civilization and Barbarism Quiz 1

1 What year was the book written?
1845

1710

1900

1800
2 The book concerns which country?
Brazil

Argentina

Chile

Paraguay
3 Rosas is a/an ___?
scholar

priest

dictator

artist
4 The Argentine character is shaped most by ___?
dreaminess

love of learning

violence

lust
5 Which is the most European city?
Buenos Ayres

Montevideo

San Juan

La Rioja
6 The plains here are similar to those in ___?
Africa

Europe

North America

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

industriousness

civilization

peace
8 On the plains, there is a lack in all of the following except ___?
reverence for horses

moral progress

authentic religion

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

scholar

politician

cowboy
10 Gauchos are characterized by all the following EXCEPT ___?
disdain for anything European

a lack of intellectual powers

reverence for Nature

a love of violence
11 Which novelist does Sarmiento refer to multiple times?
Charles Brockden Brown

Herman Melville

Washington Irving

James Fenimore Cooper
12 What did Echevarria like to write poems about?
War

Love

Vast spaces

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

weaving

painting

music
14 The Rastreador is a/an ___?
warrior

topographer

singer

track-finder
15 The Baqueano is characterized by ___?
high energy

apathy

ebullience

gravity and reserve
16 What does the gaucho outlaw steal?
Women

Cattle

Horses

Money
17 The Cantor is a/an ___?
track-finder

warrior

singer

topographer
18 Gauchos rarely ___?
steal

fight

murder

travel far
19 The general time is one of ___?
peace

immorality

revolution

religiosity
20 What is a montonera?
A plain

A provincial, warlike association

A city politician

A person who follows tracks
21 What was lost when country chieftains triumphed?
Civil order

Disorder

War

Fear
22 Which of the following statements about La Rioja is false?
It is economically prosperous.

There is a feeling of terror.

There are not many scholars or priests.

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

bellicose

mild and pacific

full of support for education
24 San Juan is an example of encroaching ___?
civilization

sectarianism

foreigners

barbarism
25 San Juan distinguished itself in the area of ___?
art

astronomy

philosophy

education

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