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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the signs in the main square read as they celebrate both the General's believed death and his discovered health?
(a) God Damns Sinners!
(b) We Shall be Redeemed!
(c) God Save the Magnificent!
(d) Long Live The General!

2. In which month was the Presidential Palace inaugurated?
(a) October.
(b) December.
(c) January.
(d) March.

3. Both as a tribute to his mother and as a joke, people begin to send the General which of the following gifts?
(a) Cages of birds.
(b) Portraits of the General and his mother.
(c) Red birettas.
(d) Nun's habits.

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

5. What substance does the General give to Patricio Aragones as he lays dying?
(a) Anodyne.
(b) Potassium Chlorate.
(c) Iodine.
(d) Magnesium Sulfate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason did Patricio Aragones give for his claim that he and the General would meet death at a tie?

2. Why does the General become uneasy after the palace is sacked?

3. In which activity is General Rodrigo de Aguilar authorized to beat the General?

4. How did the General sign decrees?

5. What happens to the crocodiles after the sack of the palace?

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