WL 209 Midterm

What story does this line come from: "[the character] had the strange sensation that all the clocks in the house were striking five, then half past four, then four, then half past three...?"

"Journey Back to the Source"

What story does this line come from: "This exploration of the lonely landscape pulled the knot in her throat painfully tighter?"

"Peace on High"

In what story is a Ts'ui Pen mentioned?

"The Garden of Forking Paths"

According to Reader Response Criticism, which of the following may be true?

-A text is near meaningless without a reader to receive and interpret it. -Literature is a performative art with each reading like the performance of a musical work. -There is no one "correct" meaning to a text.

What is generally considered the period of independence in Latin America?

1810-1824

Rubén Darío's most important writing took place between

1888-1905

We can say that the profession of "writer," as described by someone whose primary function and manner of earning a living is to write creative poetry or prose, became a true possibility in Latin America around:

1900

Critics generally divide Rubén Darío?s work into how many stages?

2

What is the Popul Vuh?

A collection of creation myths from the Quiche-Maya people that once lived in the Guatemalan highlands.

"Journey Back to the Source" is about:

A man who dies and lives

According to Inca Garcilaso s interpretation of Incan mythology, the Incans settled in a valley near the hill of Huanacaure because:

A scepter of gold sunk all the way into the earth.

What city is bombed in "The Garden of Forking Paths?"

Albert

This man was a friend of Simón Bolívar and believed that poetry could aid in the establishment of cultural independence from the Spanish.

Andres Bello

Where is Leopoldo Lugones from?

Argentina

What writer was known as The Defender of the Indians?

Bartolome de las Casas

Why might it have been "ok" (or less awful) for Liddell Hart to kill Stephen Albert in

Because one conception of the world is that all variations and possibilities truly exist in parallel paths, parallel times, and therefore there is one version wherein Albert is Hart's enemy.

For what simple reason can the Lieutenant Nun not marry either of the possible matches set up for her in the story?

Because she was not a man, and they were marriages set up for her when she was dressed as a man.

One hero of the continent-wide wars of independence was:

Bolivar

In Borges's story, Captain Liddell Hart is:

British, working as a German spy.

In Bello's Allocution to Poety, the Poet suggest that poetry might find a warm and inviting home in which country?

Colombia, Chile, The "Columbus" World

According to the Popol Vuh, the first human was made out of what?

Corn

in Two Countries, Marti's two countries are:

Cuba and the Night

According to Inca Garcilaso's account, the Incan Empire first began in the central area of :

Cuzco, Peru

Who wrote The Slaughterhouse?

Esteban Echeverria

True or False: Although The Tiger of the Plains is the only thing written by its author, its creativity and masterful craftsmanship brought him international respect.

False

True or False: In "Peace on High" Plácida's boyfriend convinces her to kill her son and she does.

False

True or False: In the work of French Symbolist Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) one can rarely make out human forms. He paints more with abstract colors so any human figure perceived is the product of the viewer?s imagination.

False

True or False: José Martí believed that literature could only serve the cause in the fight for independence from the Spanish if it was political and in prose form. All other literary forms were seen as capricious.

False

True or False: José Martí was a hero of Cuba's Revolution (with Fidel Castro) in 1959.

False

True or False: The character Felipe, from "Peace on High" cannot speak because he is so sick.

False

True or False: We learn in the Borges's story that Captain Liddell Hart is the great-grandson of a famous Lieutenant in the British Navy.

False

True or False? German Philosopher Theodor Adorno believed that a true work of art helps the viewer/reader to escape from the harsh realities of society, expressing the idea of "Harmony" in a world of hypocrisy and contradiction?

False

True or False? Marxist theorists are usually all from Russia and believe that books should be burned.

False

True or False? Most Latin American writers ignore the reader and his/her role in the life of the story. The story exists independent, for them, of any reading or potential interpretation.

False

True or False? The Black Legend spread throughout Europe and the New World during the Conquest maintained that the indigenous people of the Americas had special powers due to the darker color of their skin.

False

True or False? While Latin American artists did not live in a vacuum, they rarely had knowledge of or contact with European writers, theorists and philosophers.

False

Rubén Darío's writing was most influenced by the

French Symbolists

Rubén Darío took his idea of and belief in el Arte por el arte or Art for arts sake from:

French poet Theophile Gautier

Of THESE writers, the writer whose focus is MOST regional, as he/she thematizes the identity of his nation and it's people:

Guiraldes

In The Tiger of the Plains, why can t anyone help General Juan Facundo Quiroga (at first) with his problem?

He is a fugitive who moves from place to place alone. His friends do not arrive until later.

What is Inca Garcilaso de la Vega s God given right to tell the story of the origin of the Incas?

He was the son of an Incan princess and a Spanish Nobleman

A group of people of varied race, background, and cultural heritage can be referred to as:

Heterogeneous

The following verse best exemplifies synesthesia:

I could see the blue cold locked within her hands

Why does Sor Juana claim that her desire and need to study was beyond her control.

It was the act and influence of God himself

This poet sings the praises and beauty of America, but with the understanding that it can only be truly beautiful if it is free from colonial rule.

Jose Marti

Guiraldes's "Braider" braids

Leather into house bridals

What might have been some of the negative elements to Sarmiento s plan for his country?

Many people believe that his plan was racist because he believed that Europeans immigrants were more intelligent than the indigenous people, and encouraged European immigration.

At the beginning of "Journey Back to the Source:"

Marcel's home is torn down

What was the common name for Juan Manuel de Rosas s henchmen (secret police, enforcers of his cruel mandates)?

Mazorca

In "Journey Back to the Source," Don Marcial is best friends as a boy with:

Melchor, the groom for the horses.

The Spanish term used to indicate a mixture of ethnicities that has enriched Latin American culture and society is:

Mestizaje

During the apogee of the Incan Empire, it stretched as far as all of these modern day countries except:

Mexico

Ruben Dario was from:

Nicaragua

In "The Photograph," it implied that Madame Dupont has worked as a:

Prostitute

Does the Popul Vuh contain the ancient myths and legends of the Incas, Tainos or Quiche Maya?

Quiche Maya

In the story we have read, Catalina de Erauso suffers from all of the following except:

Rape

In their epic poems, eclogues, sonnets and other forms, the Colonial poets of the new world imitated the literary styles and models of the European _____________.

Renasissance

This man was seen as the father of Modernismo in Latin America, perhaps the greatest poet the region has ever had:

Ruben Dario

Which of the following writers was most a writer and least a statesman (ie: not interested in using his writing to shape a newly developing country s culture.

Ruben Dario

Which of these poets would be more likely to write a poem praising the perfection of the quill that a Turkish princess uses to write a letter to her dying lover.

Ruben Dario

In "The Photograph," Madame Dupont asks a ________ to pose in the photograph with her.

School Teacher

Why did Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz join the convent?

So she would have uninterrupted access to intellectual study

What is the name of the great Mexican woman poet, often called that Last great poet of the Spanish Golden Age?

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

An art movement which rejected the purely visual realism of the Impressionists, and the rationality of the Industrial Age, in order to depict the symbols of ideas:

Symbolism

In Ricardo Palma s story, what do some people believe about Fray Gómez?

That he can fly

In Ricardo Palma s story, Where and How the Devil Lost his Poncho, the town will occasionally suffer moments of wild debauchery, crime and other vices because:

The Devil has returned briefly to look for his poncho.

In which story can one find the phrase Long live the Federalists! Long live the Restorer! ?

The Slaughterhouse

In Bello s Allocution to Poetry, the reference to the pomps of gilded royal palaces is a reference to:

The castles of Europe

According to Inca Garcilaso s account, Mama Ocllo and Manco Capac were:

The first Incan King and Queen who instructed the men and women in important survival skills according to the wishes of the Gods.

In Borges's "The Garden of Forking Paths," what is Captain Liddell Hart's secret?

The name of the British city that the German's should attack.

What almost happened at the end of "The Braider" but did not?

They almost cut off Nuñez's fingers.

What is Sor Juana s biggest complaint about men in the poem we have read?

They are hypocrites (they are guilty of exactly what they criticize in others)

Sor Juana and Catalina de Erauso have the following in common:

They could not and would not live the lives made available to them by a limited patriarchal (male dominated) society.

In The Tiger of the Plains, why does General Juan Facundo Quiroga have to climb up into a tree?

To escape from the tiger

The narrator of Yzur, by Leopoldo Lugones does all of the following EXCEPT

Treats the ape like a human, respecting his rights and dignity.

What might have been some of the positive elements to Sarmiento s plan for his country?

Tried to eliminate violence through strong new programs of education and civilization of the pampas.

T/F Leopoldo Lugones?s work represents a significant transition from modernismo to the Latin American avant-garde.

True

True of False: In Yzur, by Leopoldo Lugones, the ape DOES finally speak at the end.

True

True or False: Don Marcial has extramarital affairs during his life:

True

True or False: In Ricardo Palma s story, Where and How the Devil Lost his Poncho, a young couple gets married.

True

True or False: In Ricardo Palma s story, Where and How the Devil Lost his Poncho, the narrator uses many different names for the Devil such as el Cornudo, el Maldito, Cucufo, Carrampepe and el Patudo.

True

True or False: Two English-Language authors who had a profound impact on Latin American fiction of the twentieth century were William Faulkner and Edgar Allan Poe.

True

True or False? André Bello speaks directly to "Poetry" as a personified representation of Culture in general. This example of a part standing for the whole is called synecdoche.

True

Which is an example of foreshadowing (the subtle suggestion of a future event) in "Peace on High?"

When Felipe imagines feels that the dog has come to save him from something that is about to happen to him.

In A Maiden s Story, how does the maiden become pregnant?

When the girl reached into the tree for fruit, spittle fell from a skull into her hand

How do the priests try to kill the ants in Plague of Ants?

With a stone of mercury chloride that they hope will poison the ants.

Rómulo Gallegos and Ricardo Güiraldes are critically referred to as:

Writers of Regionalist Literature

What does Madame Dupont need for her photograph?

a friend

In The Death of the Empress of China, Recaredo almost loses his wife because he fetishizes and obsesses about:

a statue

What may be a logical moral of Batolome de las Casas's Plague of Ants?

b and d

When we say that a work is a novel, poetry or a short story we are discussing its:

genre

In Ricardo Palma s story, what is so magical about Fray Gomez s scorpion?

it can turn into gold and back again

Which of the following is not a major characteristic of Rubén Darío's writing?

it describes the beauty of Nicaragua in order foment patriotism among his countrymen.

Which of the following is NOT true of José Martí's writing?

it includes ornate and rhetorical poetry

What the key elements or characteristics of a biographical reading?

life of the author, themes, and style of a work

What does it mean to realize a "Close Reading" of a text?

pick apart the text until reaching an understanding of its meaning

Which of the following is NOT an important aspect of modernismo

sentimental and hyperbolically romantic on a personal level

Painters Puvis de Chavannes and Gauguin lived and worked during

the late 1800s

In The Death of the Empress of China, Recaredo and his wife are ______ at the end of the story.

together, as her rival has been destroyed

In The Tiger of the Plains, a stoked Tiger or a Tigre Cebado in Spanish refers to a:

wild tiger who prefers the taste of human flesh