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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of the General's corpse didn't the vultures peck?
(a) His mythic feet.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His soft hands.
(d) His herniated testicle.

2. When the General looks at other nations, what pattern does he notice?
(a) Stagnation.
(b) The decay of colonial government.
(c) Change, revolution and revival.
(d) The rise of strong-man governments.

3. Which of the following is not a means of death met by the men who sacked the Presidential Palace?
(a) A man is fed to crocodiles.
(b) A man is burned alive.
(c) A man is thrown in the moat.
(d) A man is flayed alive.

4. Who was the only general to not consume alcohol?
(a) Jacinto Algarabia.
(b) Saturno Santos.
(c) Narisco Lopez.
(d) The General.

5. Both as a tribute to his mother and as a joke, people begin to send the General which of the following gifts?
(a) Red birettas.
(b) Portraits of the General and his mother.
(c) Nun's habits.
(d) Cages of birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the General become uneasy after the palace is sacked?

2. Who lost an arm defusing a bomb intended for the General?

3. Benedicion Alvarado screamed in horror because the walls perpetually oozed which of the following after the banquet?

4. In which activity is General Rodrigo de Aguilar authorized to beat the General?

5. How does Aguilar arrive at the banquet?

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