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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through he Invisible Sources of Power.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the origins of the Indian women's style of dress?
(a) The styles were popularized by the Spanish nobility and worn by the natives as cast-offs.
(b) The styles were passed down through generations of native women.
(c) The styles were imposed in modern times by a fascist government.
(d) The styles were copied from peasant woman in Spain and imposed by Charles III.

2. What is the world's chief fuel?
(a) Petroleum.
(b) Copper.
(c) Iron.
(d) Water.

3. What year was Artigas's agrarian reform--"free land, free man," instituted?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1874.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1815.

4. What nickname does the author give the USA?
(a) The end of iron.
(b) The world policeman.
(c) The vast unknowable.
(d) The great consumer.

5. About how much of the price yielded by coffee going from Colombia to the US goes into the wages of the coffee workers?
(a) 10%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 5%.
(d) 0.5%

Short Answer Questions

1. How much has Caracas grown in thirty years?

2. Who was Aleijadinho?

3. For whom did Montezuma mistake the invading Europeans?

4. How did American interests in Venezuelan crude oil attempt to derail the Brazilian crude oil economy?

5. Who was Miguel Hidalgo?

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