Spanish CSET Subtest II 78 Questions and Answers.

Spanish CSET Subtest II 78 Questions
and Answers
Thei worksi ofi whichi ofi thei followingi writersi arei representativei ofi thei Latini Americani
Boom?
A.i Octavioi Paz
B.i Horacioi Quiroga
C.i Julioi Cortazar
D.i Gabrieli Mistrali -i
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i (C)
i Julioi Cortazari isi thei writeri whosei worksi arei representativei ofi thei nuevai novelai

hispanoamericanai movementi ofi thei 1960's

Latini Americani literaturei witnessedi thei onseti ofi chroniclesi asi ai resulti ofi whichi ofi thei
followingi events?
A.i Mexican-Americani War
B.i Independencei ofi Americai fromi Europe
C.i Spanishi Civili War
D.i Arrivali ofi thei Spaniardsi ini thei Newi Worldi -i
i

i(D)
Chroniclesi arei thei writingsi ofi thei earlyi Spaniardsi arrivali si toi thei Newi Worldi aroundi
thei fifteenthi century.i Thei purposei wasi toi narratei theiri adventures,i describei thei newi
realityi encountered,i justifyi theiri actions,i andi takei crediti fori theiri deedsi andi
discoveries.

Antithesisi -i
i

i (n.)i thei directi opposite,i ai sharpi contrast

Metaphori -i
i

i Ai comparisoni withouti usingi likei ori as

Hyperbolei -i
i

Ai figurei ofi speechi thati usesi exaggerationi toi expressi strongi emotion,i makei ai point,i
i

ori evokei humor

Metonymyi -i
i

iAi figurei ofi speechi ini whichi onei wordi ori phrasei isi substitutedi fori anotheri withi whichi
iti isi closelyi associatedi (suchi asi "crown"i fori "royalty").

Similei -i
i

i Ai comparisoni usingi "like"i ori "as"

Whichi ofi thei followingi besti describesi ani importanti reasoni fori thei renaissancei ofi
Spanishi literaturei duringi thei earlyi yearsi ofi thei twentiethi century?

, A.i ai criticali analysisi ofi Spanishi culturei followingi thei country'si defeati ini thei Spanish-
Americani Wari ofi 1898

B.i ani interesti ini scientifici realismi ini responsei toi thei ideasi ofi Darwinismi

C.i ai spiriti ofi optimismi rootedi ini thei economici prosperityi followingi Spain'si
industrialization

D.i ani assertioni ofi nationali identityi ini supporti ofi thei restoredi monarchyi -i
i

i(A)
Spain'si defeati ini thei Spanish-Americani Wari wasi ai majori blowi toi thei country'si
internationali prestige.i Ini response,i ai groupi ofi Spanishi intellectualsi andi writersi
knowni asi thei Generationi ofi 1898i focusedi theiri energiesi oni ani analysisi ofi thei
country'si problemsi andi destinyi ini ani efforti toi promotei ai sensei ofi nationali pride.i Theiri
worki resultedi ini ai majori rei invigorationi ofi Spanishi literature.

Whichi ofi thei followingi besti describesi thei opposingi sociali andi politicali forcesi ini thei
Spanishi Civili Wari ofi 1930s?

A.i landlordsi andi thei armyi againsti defendersi ofi thei Catholici Church

B.i liberali supportersi ofi ai republicani governmenti againsti conservativei proponentsi ofi
ai fascist-orientedi government

C.i nationalisti andi socialistsi againsti communistsi andi anarchistsi

D.i conservativei supportersi ofi ai monarchicali governmenti againsti radicali proponentsi
ofi ai militaryi dictatorshipi -i
i

i(B)
Politicali changesi ini Spaini duringi thei Secondi Republici ofi thei 1930si polarizedi thei
countryi politically.i Oni thei left,i ai groupi ofi liberalsi whoi supportedi republicani
governmenti drewi supporti fromi workers,i agriculturali laborers,i intellectuals,i andi
certaini elementsi ofi thei middlei class.i Theyi werei opposedi byi ai groupi ofi conservativei
landowners,i business-people,i andi manyi leaders.i Thei conservatives'i victoryi ini thei
Civili Wari resultedi ini thei creationi ofi ai fascist-orientedi government.

Ini 1914,i Mexicani anthropologisti Manueli Gamioi wrotei thati Mexicoi didi noti constitutei ai
nationi ini thei Europeani sense,i buti ratheri wasi madei upi manyi smalli nationsi thati
differedi ini speech,i economy,i sociali organization,i andi psychology.i Garmio'si viewi ofi
Mexicoi besti describesi whichi ofi thei followingi aspectsi ofi Mexicani society?

A.i thei decentralizedi formi ofi governmenti ini Mexicoi andi thei administrativei autonomyi
giveni toi regionali officials

B.i thei differenti interestsi andi goalsi ofi sociali classesi withini thei rigidi classi structurei ofi
Mexicani society