CSET SPANISH SUBTEST 2 COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
●● 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
,●● "Segunda carta de relacion" and "Vision de los vencidos" are works
from what literary period?
Answer: Colonial literary movement
●● Gabriel Garcia Marquez is part of what literary movement?
Answer: The Boom/ Magical realism
●● Jorge Luis Borges is part of what literary movement?
Answer: The Boom
●● Osvaldo Dragún (Argentina) is part of what literary movement?
Answer: The Boom
●● Chac Mool is about...Is authored by...and is part of what period of
literature?
Answer: 1. Filiberto - adquiere una piedra de Chac Mool
2. Con el paso del tiempo se transforma en ser vivo
3. El dios ejerce un control hasta dominar a Filiberto.
4. Busca liberar esta esclavitud huyendo a Acapulco, donde encuentra la
muerte.
Parte del BOOM en LA (Latino America)
, ●● Similarities between Chac Mool by Fuentes and Casa Tomada by
Cortazar
Answer: 1. Entidad maligna ominosa
2. Que invade y se apropia del espacio de la casa familiar
3. Personajes apegados que huyen
●● Who exemplified existencialismo?
Answer: 1. Pablo Neruda (Walking Around),
2. Miguel De Unamuno (San Miguel bueno, mártir)
●● What is existencialismo?
Answer: 1. Humans exist first
2. Human spends lifetime changing their nature.
2. Finding self and the meaning of life
●● Who wrote Chac Mool
Answer: Carlos Fuentes
●● Who exemplified costumbrismo?
Answer: Pardo Bazán
●● Who exemplified culteranismo?
EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
●● 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
,●● "Segunda carta de relacion" and "Vision de los vencidos" are works
from what literary period?
Answer: Colonial literary movement
●● Gabriel Garcia Marquez is part of what literary movement?
Answer: The Boom/ Magical realism
●● Jorge Luis Borges is part of what literary movement?
Answer: The Boom
●● Osvaldo Dragún (Argentina) is part of what literary movement?
Answer: The Boom
●● Chac Mool is about...Is authored by...and is part of what period of
literature?
Answer: 1. Filiberto - adquiere una piedra de Chac Mool
2. Con el paso del tiempo se transforma en ser vivo
3. El dios ejerce un control hasta dominar a Filiberto.
4. Busca liberar esta esclavitud huyendo a Acapulco, donde encuentra la
muerte.
Parte del BOOM en LA (Latino America)
, ●● Similarities between Chac Mool by Fuentes and Casa Tomada by
Cortazar
Answer: 1. Entidad maligna ominosa
2. Que invade y se apropia del espacio de la casa familiar
3. Personajes apegados que huyen
●● Who exemplified existencialismo?
Answer: 1. Pablo Neruda (Walking Around),
2. Miguel De Unamuno (San Miguel bueno, mártir)
●● What is existencialismo?
Answer: 1. Humans exist first
2. Human spends lifetime changing their nature.
2. Finding self and the meaning of life
●● Who wrote Chac Mool
Answer: Carlos Fuentes
●● Who exemplified costumbrismo?
Answer: Pardo Bazán
●● Who exemplified culteranismo?
