Intro to ITTOTB

What is the name of the brutal dictator in In the Time of the Butterflies?

• Fidel Castro
• Hugo Chavez
• Augusto Pinochet
• Rafael Trujillo

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What island nation is the setting for Butterflies?

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Trujillo's dictatorship was from

• 1750-1765

• 1890-1922

• 1930-1961

• 1975-2003

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Which of the four Mirabel sisters survives?

• Patria

• Dede

• Maria Teresa

• Minerva

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The Mirabel sisters were known by this nickname.

• Las Polillas

• Las Mariquitas

• Las Mariposas

• Las Aves

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In the Dominican Republic, the Mirabel Sisters

• Are remembered as symbols of feminism and power

• Are largely forgotten.

• Are considered enemies because they opposed the much loved Trujillo.

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The genre of Butterflies is

• Historical Fiction

• Memoir

• Epic Poem

• Historical non-Fiction

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True or False: Julia Alvarez, author of Butterflies, is also from the Dominican Republic.

• True

• False

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What is a Bildungsroman?

• A novel that is based on real historical events

• A novel dealing with a character’s formative years or spiritual education

• A non-fiction account of a true historical event

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True or False: The novel reveals in the first chapter that three of the sisters didn't survive.

• True

• False

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