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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Seven Years After.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What great mathematical principle did the Mayans discover before any other people in history?
(a) The circumference of the earth.
(b) General relativity.
(c) Pi.
(d) The concept of zero.

2. In the 1800s, what country was the chief importer into Latin America?
(a) Spain.
(b) The USA.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Britain.

3. What book is Maria Carolina de Jesus famous for writing?
(a) Quarto de Despejo, or Child of the Dark.
(b) La Libra de Sange, or The Book of Blood.
(c) Quarto de Hambre, or Child of Hunger.
(d) She wrote no books.

4. At what point in time did US interests begin taking over Latin America, replacing European interests?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) World War II.
(c) 1963.
(d) The War of the Triple Alliance.

5. What is a tojo?
(a) A particular type of cattle.
(b) A Paraguayan peasant.
(c) A kind of shipping arrangement between importers and exporters.
(d) A loose rock overhead in a mine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major company quickened the downfall of Brazilian tape factory Adesite?

2. For whom did Montezuma mistake the invading Europeans?

3. What nickname does the author give the USA?

4. What does Alcoa stand for?

5. What year was Artigas's agrarian reform--"free land, free man," instituted?

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