CSET SPANISH SUBTEST 2 UPDATED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Who was the most important modernist? Where was he from?
Answer: Ruben Dario Nicaragua
●● This type of writing Gained popularity in mid-13th Century w/
Alfonso X
Answer: Spanish Prose
●● The last great poet of middle ages. Wrote Coplas a la muerte de su
padre.
Answer: Jorge Manrique
●● First to introduce Sonnet into Spanish Literature
Answer: Iñigo López de Mendoza
●● Facts of Juan Ruiz
Answer: 1. Castilian Poet
2. 14 Century
3. Writer of (Libro de un Buen Amor)
4. Mester de Clerencia
,●● Facts of Alfonso X (The Wise)
Answer: 1. Translation of works from Arabic to Latin.
2. Vernacular of Castle
3. Use of Castilian
4. Prolific Author (Writer) of 300 Poems.
5. Gacilian
●● Father of Spanish Prose. King of Castile and Leon.
Answer: Alfonso X (1252-1284)
●● Mester de clerencia
Answer: Intend for instruction, didacticism and erudition
13 Century.
●● Facts of Cantar de Mio Cid
Answer: 1. Real man, battles, conquests,
2. 1140
3. Realism
4. No super natural beings
5. 14 silabas
6. Mester de Juglaria
,●● Arte menor
Answer: Verses of 8 or less
●● Arte mayor
Answer: Verses of 9 or more syllables
●● Tamales are also called
Answer: humitas
●● Sancocho/guisado
Answer: stew
●● What is corn called in Andean countries?
Answer: el choclo
●● What is cooked on a comal (griddle)?
Answer: tortillas
●● Machu Picchu was discovered again in the year
Answer: 1911
, ●● A device used to make tortillas (a flat or slightly hollowed oblong
stone on which materials such as grain and cocoa are ground using a
smaller stone.)
Answer: un metate
●● The indigenous of Mesoamerica thought that the Creators made
people out of which food?
Answer: Corn (Maíz)
●● La Epifanía is celebrated on what day? It's also known as what? Who
do kids think bring them presents?
Answer: 6th of January. The Feast of the Magi Kings. The 3 kings.
●● Día de los muertos is celebrated on what day?
Answer: 2nd of november
●● The Inca lived along which mountain range? How many countries
did they inhabit?
Answer: The Andes. 4 (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, y Chile)
●● La cordillera blanca can be found in which country?
Answer: Perú
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Who was the most important modernist? Where was he from?
Answer: Ruben Dario Nicaragua
●● This type of writing Gained popularity in mid-13th Century w/
Alfonso X
Answer: Spanish Prose
●● The last great poet of middle ages. Wrote Coplas a la muerte de su
padre.
Answer: Jorge Manrique
●● First to introduce Sonnet into Spanish Literature
Answer: Iñigo López de Mendoza
●● Facts of Juan Ruiz
Answer: 1. Castilian Poet
2. 14 Century
3. Writer of (Libro de un Buen Amor)
4. Mester de Clerencia
,●● Facts of Alfonso X (The Wise)
Answer: 1. Translation of works from Arabic to Latin.
2. Vernacular of Castle
3. Use of Castilian
4. Prolific Author (Writer) of 300 Poems.
5. Gacilian
●● Father of Spanish Prose. King of Castile and Leon.
Answer: Alfonso X (1252-1284)
●● Mester de clerencia
Answer: Intend for instruction, didacticism and erudition
13 Century.
●● Facts of Cantar de Mio Cid
Answer: 1. Real man, battles, conquests,
2. 1140
3. Realism
4. No super natural beings
5. 14 silabas
6. Mester de Juglaria
,●● Arte menor
Answer: Verses of 8 or less
●● Arte mayor
Answer: Verses of 9 or more syllables
●● Tamales are also called
Answer: humitas
●● Sancocho/guisado
Answer: stew
●● What is corn called in Andean countries?
Answer: el choclo
●● What is cooked on a comal (griddle)?
Answer: tortillas
●● Machu Picchu was discovered again in the year
Answer: 1911
, ●● A device used to make tortillas (a flat or slightly hollowed oblong
stone on which materials such as grain and cocoa are ground using a
smaller stone.)
Answer: un metate
●● The indigenous of Mesoamerica thought that the Creators made
people out of which food?
Answer: Corn (Maíz)
●● La Epifanía is celebrated on what day? It's also known as what? Who
do kids think bring them presents?
Answer: 6th of January. The Feast of the Magi Kings. The 3 kings.
●● Día de los muertos is celebrated on what day?
Answer: 2nd of november
●● The Inca lived along which mountain range? How many countries
did they inhabit?
Answer: The Andes. 4 (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, y Chile)
●● La cordillera blanca can be found in which country?
Answer: Perú
