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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Contemporary Structure of Plunder.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mariano Melgarejo force a British ambassador to drink as punishment for sneering at the local chichas?
(a) A bottle of bad wine.
(b) A barrel of chocolate.
(c) A tub of stale beer.
(d) Water from the Amazon.

2. What did the export of guano help stave off in Europe?
(a) War.
(b) Annoyance.
(c) Disease.
(d) Hunger.

3. What monies has the banking industry diverted from Latin America?
(a) Its checking accounts.
(b) Its savings.
(c) Its loan interest.
(d) Its hedge funds.

4. What resource replaced nitrate as Chile's main export?
(a) Gold.
(b) Copper.
(c) Wool.
(d) Steel.

5. Who is the "king of tin"?
(a) Jose Manuel Balmaceda.
(b) Tupac Amaru.
(c) John Thomas North.
(d) Simon Ituri Patino.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Chaco War of 1932-1935?

2. What does the author name as a chief concern within Latin American countries?

3. What practice have Protestant church missionaries encouraged to Amazonian peoples?

4. What was guano used for in Europe?

5. If slaves arrived in the colony and were too ill to work, what happened to them?

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