ACH Latin American Literature Quiz

1. During the Resistance literature period in Latin American literature, what theme did many of the women writers write about in their works?

• 1. Love and Marriage

• 1. Marginalized groups

• 1. Rebellion

• 1. Championing submissive behavior

2. Who wrote El Periquillo Sarniento, which was published in 1816 and is considered the first novel of Latin American literature?

• 1. Gabriela Mistral

• 1. Octavio Paz

• 1. José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi

• 1. Jorge Luis Borges

3. In Latin American literature, what genre was most popular during the period of Modernismo?

• 1. Narrative essays

• 1. Magical realism

• 1. Short stories

• 1. Poetry

4. When did the Colonial period of Latin American literature begin?

• 1. 12th century

• 1. 18th century

• 1. 16th century

• 1. 15th century

5. During which Latin American literature period did magical realism become most famous?

• 1. Contemporary

• 1. Modernismo

• 1. Boom

• 1. Pre-Colombian

6. In which period did northern civilizations kept written codices, like the Codex Mendoza?

• Resistance period

• Pre-Columbian period

• Modernismo

• Contemporary period

Which period is best known for "magical realism"/

• Colonial period

• Boom period

• Modernismo period

• Contemporary period

This period had authors like Junot Diaz, Laura Esquivel, and Julia Alvarez.

• Modernismo period

• Boom period

• Contemporary period

• Resistance period

Modernismo period occurred around...

• 1400. 1400

• 1987

• 2000

• 1888

The Colonial period began with the landing of Columbus in the West Indies in...

• 1492 - 1800

• 1289- 1500

• 1888 - 1929

• 1950- 1980