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Facundo: Or, Civilization and Barbarism Quiz 1

1 What year was the book written?
1800

1710

1900

1845
2 The book concerns which country?
Chile

Paraguay

Argentina

Brazil
3 Rosas is a/an ___?
scholar

dictator

priest

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

lust

love of learning

dreaminess
5 Which is the most European city?
Montevideo

La Rioja

Buenos Ayres

San Juan
6 The plains here are similar to those in ___?
Europe

Africa

Asia

North America
7 Outside the city the provinces are characterized by ___?
industriousness

barbarism

civilization

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

authentic religion

moral progress

reverence for horses
9 The "gaucho" is more or less a/an ___?
cowboy

politician

priest

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

a lack of intellectual powers

disdain for anything European

a love of violence
11 Which novelist does Sarmiento refer to multiple times?
Herman Melville

James Fenimore Cooper

Washington Irving

Charles Brockden Brown
12 What did Echevarria like to write poems about?
War

Cities

Vast spaces

Love
13 The Argentine people have a particular affinity for ___?
painting

writing

music

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

topographer

warrior

singer
15 The Baqueano is characterized by ___?
ebullience

high energy

gravity and reserve

apathy
16 What does the gaucho outlaw steal?
Horses

Money

Cattle

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

warrior

singer

topographer
18 Gauchos rarely ___?
fight

travel far

steal

murder
19 The general time is one of ___?
peace

immorality

religiosity

revolution
20 What is a montonera?
A plain

A provincial, warlike association

A person who follows tracks

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

Fear

War

Disorder
22 Which of the following statements about La Rioja is false?
Its houses are falling into ruin.

There is a feeling of terror.

It is economically prosperous.

There are not many scholars or priests.
23 Benavides's rule in San Juan is ___?
full of support for education

bellicose

totalitarian

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

barbarism

civilization

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

philosophy

art

astronomy

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