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WL 209 Mid-term Exam part 2 Practice
Questions and Answers
Besides being dishonest, why is it a "waste of time" to try to cheat in this class? - ANSWER✔✔-The
student won't learn to effectively use the material further down the course when it is needed.
What must students do before they are permitted to participate in the Discussion Board each week? -
ANSWER✔✔-The students must read the short stories, professors comments and take comprehension
quiz before participating in the discussion board.
Why does Sor Juana claim that her desire and need to study was beyond her control. - ANSWER✔✔-It
was the act and influence of God himself.
Of what sickness do the indigenous slaves of the Spaniards die at the beginning of Plague of Ants? -
ANSWER✔✔-smallpox
What writer was known as The Defender of the Indians? - ANSWER✔✔-Bartolomé de las Casas
During the apogee of the Incan Empire, it stretched as far as all of these modern day countries except: -
ANSWER✔✔-Mexico
Why couldn t Sor Juana study at the University? - ANSWER✔✔-She was a woman
According to Inca Garcilaso s account, Mama Ocllo and Manco Capac were: - ANSWER✔✔-The first Incan
King and Queen who instructed the men and women in important survival skills according to the wishes
of the Gods
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True or False: Some early writing of stories from the New World was generated from legal disputes? -
ANSWER✔✔-True
What is Sor Juana s biggest complaint about men in the poem we have read? - ANSWER✔✔-They are
hypocrites (the are guilty of exactly what they criticize in others)
What might have been some of the positive elements to Sarmiento s plan for his country? -
ANSWER✔✔-Tried to eliminate violence through strong new programs of education and civilization of
the pampas.
True or False: In Ricardo Palma s story, Where and How the Devil Lost his Poncho, the narrator uses many
different names for the Devil such as el Cornudo, el Maldito, Cucufo, Carrampepe and el Patud -
ANSWER✔✔-True
True or False: In Ricardo Palma s story, Where and How the Devil Lost his Poncho, a young couple gets
married. - ANSWER✔✔-True
This man was a friend of Simón Bolívar and believed that poetry could aid in the establishment of
cultural independence from the Spanish. - ANSWER✔✔-Andres Bello
In Ricardo Palma s story, what do some people believe about Fray Gómez? - ANSWER✔✔-That he can fly
What was the common name for Juan Manuel de Rosas s henchmen (secret police, enforcers of his cruel
mandates)? - ANSWER✔✔-Mazorca
Rubén Darío?s writing was most influenced by the: - ANSWER✔✔-French Symbolists
In ?The Death of the Empress of China,? Recaredo almost loses his wife because he fetishizes and
obsesses about: - ANSWER✔✔-a statue
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WL 209 Mid-term Exam part 2 Practice
Questions and Answers
Besides being dishonest, why is it a "waste of time" to try to cheat in this class? - ANSWER✔✔-The
student won't learn to effectively use the material further down the course when it is needed.
What must students do before they are permitted to participate in the Discussion Board each week? -
ANSWER✔✔-The students must read the short stories, professors comments and take comprehension
quiz before participating in the discussion board.
Why does Sor Juana claim that her desire and need to study was beyond her control. - ANSWER✔✔-It
was the act and influence of God himself.
Of what sickness do the indigenous slaves of the Spaniards die at the beginning of Plague of Ants? -
ANSWER✔✔-smallpox
What writer was known as The Defender of the Indians? - ANSWER✔✔-Bartolomé de las Casas
During the apogee of the Incan Empire, it stretched as far as all of these modern day countries except: -
ANSWER✔✔-Mexico
Why couldn t Sor Juana study at the University? - ANSWER✔✔-She was a woman
According to Inca Garcilaso s account, Mama Ocllo and Manco Capac were: - ANSWER✔✔-The first Incan
King and Queen who instructed the men and women in important survival skills according to the wishes
of the Gods
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True or False: Some early writing of stories from the New World was generated from legal disputes? -
ANSWER✔✔-True
What is Sor Juana s biggest complaint about men in the poem we have read? - ANSWER✔✔-They are
hypocrites (the are guilty of exactly what they criticize in others)
What might have been some of the positive elements to Sarmiento s plan for his country? -
ANSWER✔✔-Tried to eliminate violence through strong new programs of education and civilization of
the pampas.
True or False: In Ricardo Palma s story, Where and How the Devil Lost his Poncho, the narrator uses many
different names for the Devil such as el Cornudo, el Maldito, Cucufo, Carrampepe and el Patud -
ANSWER✔✔-True
True or False: In Ricardo Palma s story, Where and How the Devil Lost his Poncho, a young couple gets
married. - ANSWER✔✔-True
This man was a friend of Simón Bolívar and believed that poetry could aid in the establishment of
cultural independence from the Spanish. - ANSWER✔✔-Andres Bello
In Ricardo Palma s story, what do some people believe about Fray Gómez? - ANSWER✔✔-That he can fly
What was the common name for Juan Manuel de Rosas s henchmen (secret police, enforcers of his cruel
mandates)? - ANSWER✔✔-Mazorca
Rubén Darío?s writing was most influenced by the: - ANSWER✔✔-French Symbolists
In ?The Death of the Empress of China,? Recaredo almost loses his wife because he fetishizes and
obsesses about: - ANSWER✔✔-a statue
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