Country of the Blind

The Country of the Blind was first published in...

• 1999

• 1904

• 2004

• 1859

How do the people who live in the Country of the Blind lose their sight?

• eye disease due to old age

• cancer took their eyes

• they became blind over time due to a sickness that spread

• they became blind over time because the sun's luminosity

How did Nunez end up in the Country of the Blind?

• his country sent him as a representative

• he fell to the "land below" during a mountaineering expedition

• Nunez was actually born there and stayed

• his wife was from there, so he went to live with her there

Running through the mind of Nunez was the proverb...

• In the Country of the Blind the One-eyed Man is Mayor.

• In the Country of the Blind the One-eyed Man is King.

• In the Country of the Blind the One-eyed Man is president.

• In the Country of the Blind the One-eyed Man is governor.

The Country of the Blind's geographical location is

• Ecuador's Andes

• Peru's Andes

• South America's Amazon

• the Andes of La Riconada

What unusual qualities does Nunez notice about the villagers' houses?

• The houses have no windows or sources of light

• The houses were made of brick and hardened mud

• The houses had no doors

• the houses were tepees

After they regarded Nunez' rebellion, they whipped him and finally made him a

• legal citizen, sworn in by the elders.

• servant.

• legal slave.

• king of the Country of the Blind.

The people of The Country of the Blind regarded Nunez as a

• idiot, incompetent thing.

• leader because he could see.

• visitor.

• god because he has sight!

True or False

"...irritant bodies" refers to the eyes of Nunez that should be removed by a doctor so the man can be allowed to marry Medina-sarote, a blind citizen of The Country of the Blind.

• False

• True

Nunez,

• as one man, conquered the blind people.

• kept his eyes by escaping The Country of the Blind.

• lost his eyes (those irritant bodies) and married Medina sarote.

• was lifted up as a god of sight in The Country of the Blind.