Facundo: Or, Civilization and Barbarism Quizzes

Facundo: Or, Civilization and Barbarism Quiz 1

1 What year was the book written?
1800

1900

1845

1710
2 The book concerns which country?
Paraguay

Brazil

Chile

Argentina
3 Rosas is a/an ___?
dictator

scholar

artist

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

violence

love of learning

lust
5 Which is the most European city?
Buenos Ayres

San Juan

La Rioja

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

Europe

North America

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

civilization

peace

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

reverence for horses

authentic religion

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

cowboy

priest

politician
10 Gauchos are characterized by all the following EXCEPT ___?
a lack of intellectual powers

reverence for Nature

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?
Cities

Vast spaces

Love

War
13 The Argentine people have a particular affinity for ___?
weaving

writing

painting

music
14 The Rastreador is a/an ___?
warrior

singer

topographer

track-finder
15 The Baqueano is characterized by ___?
gravity and reserve

high energy

apathy

ebullience
16 What does the gaucho outlaw steal?
Cattle

Horses

Money

Women
17 The Cantor is a/an ___?
topographer

singer

warrior

track-finder
18 Gauchos rarely ___?
murder

travel far

steal

fight
19 The general time is one of ___?
immorality

peace

revolution

religiosity
20 What is a montonera?
A city politician

A plain

A person who follows tracks

A provincial, warlike association
21 What was lost when country chieftains triumphed?
Fear

Civil order

War

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

There are not many scholars or priests.

Its houses are falling into ruin.

There is a feeling of terror.
23 Benavides's rule in San Juan is ___?
full of support for education

totalitarian

mild and pacific

bellicose
24 San Juan is an example of encroaching ___?
civilization

foreigners

sectarianism

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

art

astronomy

philosophy

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