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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the General discover on "that historic October Friday"?
(a) Everyone is mourning his death.
(b) Everyone is waving red flags.
(c) Everyone is wearing red berettas.
(d) Everyone is celebrating his death.

2. What type of contest does the General institute?
(a) A national speech contest.
(b) A spelling bee.
(c) A beauty contest.
(d) A shooting contest.

3. At what time did the General always begin the day?
(a) 9 a.m.
(b) After 11 a.m.
(c) 1 p.m.
(d) Before 5 a.m.

4. When the General looks at other nations, what pattern does he notice?
(a) The decay of colonial government.
(b) Change, revolution and revival.
(c) The rise of strong-man governments.
(d) Stagnation.

5. How many assassination attempts did Patricio Aragones survive before he was hired by the General?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which month was the Presidential Palace inaugurated?

2. Patricio Aragones proclaimed the General president of _________.

3. Who lost an arm defusing a bomb intended for the General?

4. The General paid the blind man 5 cents to do which of the following?

5. After the deaths of the men who sacked the Palace, the General decides to do which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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