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WorksheetsGabriel Garcia Marquez - Magical Realism
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
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Class
Date
1.
MAGICAL REALISM can be best defined as:
a)
A realistic setting is invaded by something “too strange to believe”
b)
A dreamlike state of mind that has many flashbacks
c)
Science and/or technology is the driving point of the narrative
d)
Philosophy of nature and humanity in literature: trust your individual intuition
2.
In the beginning of the story, what causes a stench in the house?
a)
crabs
b)
seaweed
c)
chickens
d)
mud
3.
What is the name of the man who owns the house?
a)
Pelayo
b)
Elisenda
c)
Father Gonzaga
4.
What is a single ash-gray color at the beginning?
a)
the sky and sea
b)
the crabs
c)
the beach
d)
Pelyao's complexion
5.
How much does Elisenda charge people to see the angel?
a)
1 cent
b)
3 cents
c)
5 cents
d)
10 cents
6.
What turned the girl into a spider?
a)
lightening bolt
b)
a witch
c)
the angel
d)
the Priest
7.
What do Pelayo and Elisenda do with their new money?
a)
build a mansion
b)
give money to the church
c)
help the angel
d)
buy a boat
8.
In the end, the man with very enormous wings...
a)
flies away
b)
follows and protects the child to school, until he goes to college
c)
remains locked up in the chicken coop
d)
turns into a spider-man
9.
Themes that emerge from the story include ALL BUT WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING:
a)
Freedom & Confinement
b)
Prejudice & Marginalizing "outsiders"
c)
Suffering & Old age
d)
Birth & Growing up / One's youth
10.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is from which country:
a)
Colombia
b)
Africa
c)
Dominican Republic
d)
Brazil
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