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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do the Texcalans fight against Cortes?
(a) Night.
(b) None of these answers are correct.
(c) Day.
(d) Both day and night.

2. Who is made the regent while Ahuitzotl is in his stupor?
(a) His wife.
(b) His son.
(c) His nephew.
(d) No one.

3. What physical aspect of the Raramuri fascinates Mixtli?
(a) Their pubic hair.
(b) The fact that women shave their heads.
(c) Their long eyebrows.
(d) Their long eyelashes.

4. How does Zyanya die?
(a) Mixtli loses his temper and strangles her.
(b) She drowns.
(c) She dies in childbirth.
(d) Her sister kills her.

5. What do the Spanish soldiers admire about the city of Tenochtitlan?
(a) The amazing architecture that seems to float on air.
(b) The indoor plumbing and toilets.
(c) The paved streets.
(d) The beautiful murals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teotihuacan mean?

2. According to his vision, what is to be Mixtli's role in the future?

3. What kind of town is "Where the Water Gushes"?

4. How does Nochipa die?

5. What is noticeable about the shipwrecked Spanish soldiers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Canautli?

2. Why is Beu Ribe initially angry at Zyanya and Mixtli's engagement?

3. Who decides to make up a story about how the civilians (that Mixtli killed) were massacred by unknown assailants?

4. What two factors in particular convince Mixtli that the Spaniards are not gods?

5. Why does Cortes burn all of his ships but one?

6. What unique physical feature does the "unattached woman" in one of the Otomi towns have that Mixtl finds so attractive?

7. What military tactic does Mixtli advise Ahuitzotl about when he presents him with his second quartz crystal?

8. Why does Mixtli feel obligated to attend Motecuzoma's coronation?

9. What reason does the Bishop give in his letter to the emperor for continuing to allow the Indians to be enslaved?

10. What does Malintzin's ambitious behavior demonstrate right away to Mixtli?

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