The House of the Spirits Quizzes

The House of the Spirits Quiz 1

By Tania Asnes · Edited by Jordan Berkow · Last reviewed March 27, 2007

1 In what country does the novel's action take place?

Chile

Peru

Argentina

Venezuela
2 How did The House of the Spirits begin?

As Allende's therapy after her divorce from Miguel Frias

As Allende's tribute to her beloved late daughter, Paula

As Allende's letter to her dying grandfather

As an assignment for a Chilean film documentary
3 In what language was the novel originally written and published?

Portuguese

Spanish

English

Esperanto
4 On whom did Allende base the characters of Clara and Esteban Trueba?

Her grandparents

Herself and her husband

Her aunt and uncle, the latter a President of the Republic

Her daughter, Paula, and her son, Nícolas
5 To what actual historical figure does the Candidate correspond?

General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte

Miguel Frias

Pedro de Valdivia

Salvador Allende Gossens
6 With which character's words does the novel begin?

Pedro Tercero García's

Esteban's

Blanca's

Clara's
7 What does Father Restrepo declare about young Clara?

That her mermaid-like looks are a source of sin

That she will die by accident

That she is possessed by the devil

That she is clairvoyant
8 What is special about Rosa's appearance?

She looks exactly like her mother, Nívea, did at her age

She is androgynous

She has a mole in the shape of a cross

She has green hair and luminescent eyes and skin
9 How does Clara acquire Barrabas?

He floats in from the sea on a raft

Severo's political supporters deliver him to their doorstep

Rosa buys him as a gift for her at the market

He arrives among her deceased Uncle Marcos's belongings
10 Why was Rosa's hand in marriage uncontested?

She was rumored to be cursed

No man wanted the responsibility of being married to someone so gorgeous

Due to her extremely sour personality

Her appearance made her seem ill and unattractive
11 How does Esteban Trueba try to earn money for himself and Rosa?

By mining in the North

By restoring his family's old estate, Tres Marias

By becoming a political candidate

By starting a chinchilla farm
12 What promise does Esteban make to his sister, Férula?

That he will always provide for her

That he will find her a husband

That he will care for their mother, Doña Ester

That he will bequeath Tres Marias unto her
13 What is Pancha García's relationship to Esteban Trueba?

His sister-in-law

His illegitimate daughter

His female foreman on the hacienda

His rape victim and mother of his illegitimate son
14 Why does Esteban pay his workers in vouchers?

He has no other means of paying them

He thinks that paying them in cash is a "Communist" idea

This is the standard all across the Republic

In an attempt to create a Socialist environment
15 What does Clara see Dr. Cuevas's assistant do?

Touch Rosa's corpse inappropriately

Take Rosa's organs for use in experiments

Cut a lock of Rosa's hair to keep

Steal a ring from Rosa's finger
16 How does Clara respond to seeing her sister's autopsy?

She remains silent for nine years

She screams so loud that the whole neighborhood hears her

She dyes her own hair green in her sister's memory

She has Barrabas made into a rug
17 What does Clara announce on her nineteenth birthday?

That she is in love with a peasant named Pedro Tercero García

That she will marry Rosa's fiancé

That she will do anything not to marry Rosa's fiancé

That she saw Rosa's autopsy nine years before
18 Which of the following skills does Clara NOT have?

The ability to turn invisible

The ability to read dreams

The ability to move objects with her mind

The ability to predict the future
19 What promise does Esteban make to his dying mother?

To take care of Férula as long as she lives

To take her maiden name instead of his father's

To bury her in the mountains

To give her legitimate grandchildren
20 How does Clara react to Esteban's proposal?

Casually; she predicted it

Horrified; she predicted that it would happen much later on

Casually; she does not care one way or another what happens to her

She has no reaction at all
21 What happens to Barrabas at the engagement party?

He dies from a large dose of rat poison

He is accidentally decapitated

He is made into a rug

He dies from a butcher knife to the back
22 Who comes to live with Esteban and Clara after their wedding?

Nívea del Valle

Pedro Segundo García

Férula

Father Jose Dulce Maria
23 Why is Blanca so ugly as a newborn?

She has green hair and very pale skin

She is illegitimate

She was born feet-first, skewing her appearance

She has spent too long inside her mother's body
24 What happens to Blanca on her first visit to Tres Marias?

She saves the hacienda from a plague of ants

She realizes that her father is a barbarian

She develops an instant friendship with Pedro Tercero García

She is raped by Esteban García
25 How does Clara act when she is pregnant?

She loses all interest in her mystical explorations and becomes an activist

She spends money uncontrollably

She constantly badgers her husband for sex

She enters one of her long periods of silence

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