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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many assassination attempts did Patricio Aragones survive before he was hired by the General?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

2. At what time did the General always begin the day?
(a) 9 a.m.
(b) 1 p.m.
(c) Before 5 a.m.
(d) After 11 a.m.

3. What do the signs in the main square read as they celebrate both the General's believed death and his discovered health?
(a) God Save the Magnificent!
(b) We Shall be Redeemed!
(c) God Damns Sinners!
(d) Long Live The General!

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What substance does the General give to Patricio Aragones as he lays dying?

3. How did the General sign decrees?

4. What does Patricio Aragnoes drink in order to forget how to read and write?

5. In which month was the Presidential Palace inaugurated?

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