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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tales of Premature Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What illegal practice drains Brazil of more than $100 million a year?
(a) Forgery.
(b) Polygamy.
(c) Filibusters.
(d) Smuggling.

2. What resource is exploited in modern-day Potosi?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Gold.
(c) Tin.
(d) Silver.

3. After the war between Bolivia and Paraguay, who eventually claimed the land Paraguay won in the conflict?
(a) Bolivia.
(b) Argentina.
(c) The USA.
(d) Brazil.

4. What do coffee and petroleum have in common?
(a) They are each rapidly falling in price and usefulness.
(b) They each foster higher profits for the consuming country than for the producing country.
(c) They each need very particular growing conditions.
(d) They are each dark in color and used all over the world.

5. What great mathematical principle did the Mayans discover before any other people in history?
(a) The concept of zero.
(b) The circumference of the earth.
(c) General relativity.
(d) Pi.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom did Montezuma mistake the invading Europeans?

2. What famous saying was associated with Guanajuato?

3. What is the chief fuel of the modern world?

4. How, in the 1800s, did Britain pay for most of its Latin American goods?

5. What is Lake Maracaibo?

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