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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Section 1, "That Sunday...".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rodrigo do the day after his mother finds his manuscript?
(a) He burns it.
(b) He takes it to a publisher.
(c) He gives it to her as a gift.
(d) He shows it to his literary friends.

2. What does Robles say is the challenge of the era?
(a) Reinvent the social security system.
(b) Build capital for the nation and protect workers' rights.
(c) To create an education reform.
(d) Reinstate the draft and mandatory military service.

3. Why does a workers' strike begin?
(a) They are not given food.
(b) A child dies of overwork.
(c) Their pay is low.
(d) They are overworked.

4. What does Cienfuegos urge the city to do?
(a) Ask the government for assistance.
(b) Join together and raise itself up again.
(c) Call upon the United States for assistance.
(d) Secede from Mexico.

5. What drives Dona Lorenza?
(a) The need to keep native Mexican traditions.
(b) The need to be remembered.
(c) Her chauffeur.
(d) The need to maintain the family's honor and aristocratic heritage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rodrigo Pola doing at the wedding?

2. How does Rodrigo Pola feel at the party?

3. From where does Gabriel return?

4. Why is the impoverished Countess at the party?

5. What do the guards encourage Gervasio to do?

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