CSET SPANISH SUBTEST 2 | 397
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
What are the characteristics of Modernism (1888-1910)? There are 10. -
ANSWER--1. Loneliness
2. Sensuality
3. Defense of Indigenism
4. Harmony
5. Exoticism
6. Fine Materials
7. Mythological
8. Sayings/Gallicism
9. Aristocratic
10. Change of meter
Who was the most important modernist? Where was he from? - ANSWER--
Ruben Dario Nicaragua
This type of writing Gained popularity in mid-13th Century w/ Alfonso X -
ANSWER--Spanish Prose
The last great poet of middle ages. Wrote Coplas a la muerte de su padre.
- ANSWER--Jorge Manrique
First to introduce Sonnet into Spanish Literature - ANSWER--Iñigo López
de Mendoza
Facts of Juan Ruiz - ANSWER--1. Castilian Poet
2. 14 Century
3. Writer of (Libro de un Buen Amor)
4. Mester de Clerencia
Facts of Alfonso X (The Wise) - ANSWER--1. Translation of works from
Arabic to Latin.
2. Vernacular of Castle
3. Use of Castilian
4. Prolific Author (Writer) of 300 Poems.
5. Gacilian
, CSET SPANISH SUBTEST 2 | 397
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
Father of Spanish Prose. King of Castile and Leon. - ANSWER--Alfonso X
(1252-1284)
Mester de clerencia - ANSWER--Intend for instruction, didacticism and
erudition
13 Century.
Facts of Cantar de Mio Cid - ANSWER--1. Real man, battles, conquests,
2. 1140
3. Realism
4. No super natural beings
5. 14 silabas
6. Mester de Juglaria
Arte menor - ANSWER--Verses of 8 or less
Arte mayor - ANSWER--Verses of 9 or more syllables
Tamales are also called - ANSWER--humitas
Sancocho/guisado - ANSWER--stew
What is corn called in Andean countries? - ANSWER--el choclo
What is cooked on a comal (griddle)? - ANSWER--tortillas
Machu Picchu was discovered again in the year - ANSWER--1911
A device used to make tortillas (a flat or slightly hollowed oblong stone on
which materials such as grain and cocoa are ground using a smaller
stone.) - ANSWER--un metate
The indigenous of Mesoamerica thought that the Creators made people out
of which food? - ANSWER--Corn (Maíz)
, CSET SPANISH SUBTEST 2 | 397
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
La Epifanía is celebrated on what day? It's also known as what? Who do
kids think bring them presents? - ANSWER--6th of January. The Feast of
the Magi Kings. The 3 kings.
Día de los muertos is celebrated on what day? - ANSWER--2nd of
november
The Inca lived along which mountain range? How many countries did they
inhabit? - ANSWER--The Andes. 4 (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, y Chile)
La cordillera blanca can be found in which country? - ANSWER--Perú
The Iglesia de San Francisco de Quito is in which country? - ANSWER--
Mexico
A popular Peruvian dance that is danced accompanied by
clapping/applause. The dresses vary only slightly from those used in
flamenco. - ANSWER--la marinera
"Segunda carta de relacion" and "Vision de los vencidos" are works from
what literary period? - ANSWER--Colonial literary movement
This term refers to the literature during the age of Spanish colonization of
the Americas. - ANSWER--Colonial
____________ was the only religion allowed in South America the colonial
era, the indigenous were forced to abandon their beliefs, although many did
not abandon it at all, for example, countries with predominantly Amerindian
population such as ________ and _______ there is a syncretism between
indigenous religions and the Catholic religion, that has occurred since
colonial times. In Brazil or Colombia, Catholicism was mixed with certain
_________ rituals. - ANSWER--Catholicism. Bolivia. Peru. African
__________ ______________ is the dominant religion in South America. -
ANSWER--Roman Catholicism
, CSET SPANISH SUBTEST 2 | 397
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
The tango lived on in smaller venues until its revival in the 1980s following
the opening in Paris of the show ________ ______________ , The
Broadway musical Forever Tango, and in Europe Tango Pasión. -
ANSWER--Tango Argentino
Tango is dance, ______, and _______. - ANSWER--Music and poetry
Tango has roots in ______ and _____ culture. Dances from former
_______ helped shape the modern tango. - ANSWER--African and
European. Slave
In 1917, folk singer Carlos _________ recorded his first tango song Mi
Noche Triste, forever associating tango with the feeling of tragic love as
revealed in the lyric. - ANSWER--Gardel
Tango comes from __(city and country)___ and __(city and country)___,
having an influence on both sides of the Rio de la ___________. -
ANSWER--Buenos Aires, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay. PLATA.
European and South American Immigrants all brought their music with
them.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is part of what literary movement? - ANSWER--
The Boom/ Magical realism
Jorge Luis Borges is part of what literary movement? - ANSWER--The
Boom
Osvaldo Dragún (Argentina) is part of what literary movement? - ANSWER-
-The Boom
Chac Mool is about...Is authored by...and is part of what period of
literature? - ANSWER--1. Filiberto - adquiere una piedra de Chac Mool
2. Con el paso del tiempo se transforma en ser vivo
3. El dios ejerce un control hasta dominar a Filiberto.
4. Busca liberar esta esclavitud huyendo a Acapulco, donde encuentra la
muerte.
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
What are the characteristics of Modernism (1888-1910)? There are 10. -
ANSWER--1. Loneliness
2. Sensuality
3. Defense of Indigenism
4. Harmony
5. Exoticism
6. Fine Materials
7. Mythological
8. Sayings/Gallicism
9. Aristocratic
10. Change of meter
Who was the most important modernist? Where was he from? - ANSWER--
Ruben Dario Nicaragua
This type of writing Gained popularity in mid-13th Century w/ Alfonso X -
ANSWER--Spanish Prose
The last great poet of middle ages. Wrote Coplas a la muerte de su padre.
- ANSWER--Jorge Manrique
First to introduce Sonnet into Spanish Literature - ANSWER--Iñigo López
de Mendoza
Facts of Juan Ruiz - ANSWER--1. Castilian Poet
2. 14 Century
3. Writer of (Libro de un Buen Amor)
4. Mester de Clerencia
Facts of Alfonso X (The Wise) - ANSWER--1. Translation of works from
Arabic to Latin.
2. Vernacular of Castle
3. Use of Castilian
4. Prolific Author (Writer) of 300 Poems.
5. Gacilian
, CSET SPANISH SUBTEST 2 | 397
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
Father of Spanish Prose. King of Castile and Leon. - ANSWER--Alfonso X
(1252-1284)
Mester de clerencia - ANSWER--Intend for instruction, didacticism and
erudition
13 Century.
Facts of Cantar de Mio Cid - ANSWER--1. Real man, battles, conquests,
2. 1140
3. Realism
4. No super natural beings
5. 14 silabas
6. Mester de Juglaria
Arte menor - ANSWER--Verses of 8 or less
Arte mayor - ANSWER--Verses of 9 or more syllables
Tamales are also called - ANSWER--humitas
Sancocho/guisado - ANSWER--stew
What is corn called in Andean countries? - ANSWER--el choclo
What is cooked on a comal (griddle)? - ANSWER--tortillas
Machu Picchu was discovered again in the year - ANSWER--1911
A device used to make tortillas (a flat or slightly hollowed oblong stone on
which materials such as grain and cocoa are ground using a smaller
stone.) - ANSWER--un metate
The indigenous of Mesoamerica thought that the Creators made people out
of which food? - ANSWER--Corn (Maíz)
, CSET SPANISH SUBTEST 2 | 397
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
La Epifanía is celebrated on what day? It's also known as what? Who do
kids think bring them presents? - ANSWER--6th of January. The Feast of
the Magi Kings. The 3 kings.
Día de los muertos is celebrated on what day? - ANSWER--2nd of
november
The Inca lived along which mountain range? How many countries did they
inhabit? - ANSWER--The Andes. 4 (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, y Chile)
La cordillera blanca can be found in which country? - ANSWER--Perú
The Iglesia de San Francisco de Quito is in which country? - ANSWER--
Mexico
A popular Peruvian dance that is danced accompanied by
clapping/applause. The dresses vary only slightly from those used in
flamenco. - ANSWER--la marinera
"Segunda carta de relacion" and "Vision de los vencidos" are works from
what literary period? - ANSWER--Colonial literary movement
This term refers to the literature during the age of Spanish colonization of
the Americas. - ANSWER--Colonial
____________ was the only religion allowed in South America the colonial
era, the indigenous were forced to abandon their beliefs, although many did
not abandon it at all, for example, countries with predominantly Amerindian
population such as ________ and _______ there is a syncretism between
indigenous religions and the Catholic religion, that has occurred since
colonial times. In Brazil or Colombia, Catholicism was mixed with certain
_________ rituals. - ANSWER--Catholicism. Bolivia. Peru. African
__________ ______________ is the dominant religion in South America. -
ANSWER--Roman Catholicism
, CSET SPANISH SUBTEST 2 | 397
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
The tango lived on in smaller venues until its revival in the 1980s following
the opening in Paris of the show ________ ______________ , The
Broadway musical Forever Tango, and in Europe Tango Pasión. -
ANSWER--Tango Argentino
Tango is dance, ______, and _______. - ANSWER--Music and poetry
Tango has roots in ______ and _____ culture. Dances from former
_______ helped shape the modern tango. - ANSWER--African and
European. Slave
In 1917, folk singer Carlos _________ recorded his first tango song Mi
Noche Triste, forever associating tango with the feeling of tragic love as
revealed in the lyric. - ANSWER--Gardel
Tango comes from __(city and country)___ and __(city and country)___,
having an influence on both sides of the Rio de la ___________. -
ANSWER--Buenos Aires, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay. PLATA.
European and South American Immigrants all brought their music with
them.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is part of what literary movement? - ANSWER--
The Boom/ Magical realism
Jorge Luis Borges is part of what literary movement? - ANSWER--The
Boom
Osvaldo Dragún (Argentina) is part of what literary movement? - ANSWER-
-The Boom
Chac Mool is about...Is authored by...and is part of what period of
literature? - ANSWER--1. Filiberto - adquiere una piedra de Chac Mool
2. Con el paso del tiempo se transforma en ser vivo
3. El dios ejerce un control hasta dominar a Filiberto.
4. Busca liberar esta esclavitud huyendo a Acapulco, donde encuentra la
muerte.
