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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following objects was NOT among the items bearing the General's face?
(a) Coins.
(b) Stamps.
(c) Condoms.
(d) Cereal.

2. What happens to the bands who sack the Presidential Palace?
(a) They are summarily executed.
(b) They are tortured in the San Jeronimo barracks.
(c) They are pardoned by the General at the request of Benedicion Alvarado.
(d) They are exiled to Spain.

3. Who lost an arm defusing a bomb intended for the General?
(a) Poncio Daza.
(b) Patricio Aragones.
(c) Bendicion Alvarado.
(d) General Rodrigo de Aguilar.

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

5. What does the General think is the underlying cause of rebellion?
(a) The people object to his cruelty.
(b) The people think him ridiculous.
(c) The people have too much time to think.
(d) The people dislike his policies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the motto of the national baseball team?

2. When the General looks at other nations, what pattern does he notice?

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

4. How did the General sign decrees?

5. What type of contest does the General institute?

(see the answer key)

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