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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Cages of birds.
(c) Nun's habits.
(d) Portraits of the General and his mother.

2. What reason did Benedicion Alvarado give for her housing preference?
(a) She preferred the elegance and extravagance of the grand room.
(b) She claimed the open air was better for her health.
(c) The big house made her feel like the Pope's wife.
(d) She preferred the proximity to her son.

3. In his old age, the General is compared to which animals?
(a) Snakes and tortoises.
(b) Elephants and squirrels.
(c) Toads and lemurs.
(d) Tortoises and elephants.

4. Where does the General read of a death identical to one he dreamed about?
(a) In the Bible.
(b) In the tomes of Julius Caesar.
(c) In the writings of General Lautaro Munoz.
(d) In the records of his father's life.

5. The General paid the blind man 5 cents to do which of the following?
(a) Recite the poems of Ruben Dario.
(b) Sing ballads from 12th century Spain.
(c) Lose at chess.
(d) Replace all the insignia with pictures of the General.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time did the General always begin the day?

2. How many assassination attempts did Patricio Aragones survive before he was hired by the General?

3. When does the General renovate the dogfight district?

4. In which month was the Presidential Palace inaugurated?

5. How is the lottery rigged so that the General always wins?

(see the answer key)

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