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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the captain say he will accompany the two young popinjays if they don't retract their words?
(a) The Benitas gate.
(b) The de la Vega bridge.
(c) The de la Vega gate.
(d) The Benitas bridge.

2. What is the constable more interested in than the murder?
(a) The soccer scores.
(b) His brother's illness.
(c) The performance of the bulls.
(d) The performance of the horses.

3. Complete the following line "Why should Greek be a tongue you..."?
(a) Depise.
(b) Debase.
(c) Devulge.
(d) Delight.

4. What important position does Angelica's uncle hold?
(a) Royal advisor.
(b) Royal butler.
(c) Royal footman.
(d) Royal secretary.

5. What was written on the note found in the dead woman's pouch?
(a) The peak of life.
(b) Weeping kills the hybrids, laughing raises them to the roof.
(c) For masses for your soul.
(d) Dead souls weep.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Philip the Fourth respond to the warm ovation given to him by the crowd?

2. Where do the young women of the convent watch the mass?

3. What does the narrator compare to an anthill?

4. What is the name of Conde de Olivares' wife?

5. What ethnicity does Quevedo think flows through Gongora's blood?

(see the answer key)

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