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One Hundred Years of Solitude
Quiz 2

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Who are the founders of Macondo?

____ The del Carpios
____ The Buendas
____ The Moscotes
____ The Marquezes

Where did they come from?
____ Rohacha
____ Aracataca
____ Santiago
____ Moscow

Every March, the gypsies bring wondrous things to town. What item makes a lasting
impression on Colonel Aureliano Buenda?
___ Mirrors
___ Flying carpet
___ Magnets
___ Ice

What relation are Jos Arcadio Buenda and his wife, Ursula Iguarn?
___ Siblings
___ Great uncle/niece
___ Cousins
___ Second cousins once removed

Why did Jose Arcadio Buendia kill Prudencio Aguilar?
___ Aguilar insulted his manhood
___ Buendia wanted his land
___ They were drunk
___ Aguilar was crazy

Don Moscote wants to make Macondo in the image of the government by asking the
residents to:
___ Dance in the streets

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___ Plant chestnut trees

___ Own fighting cocks
___ Paint their houses blue

Who is the mother of Jose Arcadio's first son and Aureliano's first son?
___ Carmelita Montiel
___ Pilar Ternera
___ Remedios Moscote
___ Amaranta

What else does this woman do for the Buendias?

___ Repairs the oven

___ Cooks for them

___ Warns them of political intrigue

___ Tells their fortunes

Which Buendia appears out of nowhere, with no past?

___ Jose Arcadio

___ Aureliano Deux

___ Amaranta Iguaran

___ Rebeca

What plague does this Buendia bring?

___ Floods

___ Snakes

___ Insomnia

___ Toads

What political party does Colonel Aureliano Buendia belong to?

___ Liberals

___ Republicans

___ Conservatives

___ Independents

When Colonel Aureliano Buendia leaves Macondo, he leaves this man in charge, who
becomes a tyrant:

___ Aureliano Jose

___ General Jose

___ Raquel Moncada

___ Arcadio

___ Colonel Gerinaldo Marquez

What happens to the tyrant of Macondo?

___ He is shot by a firing squad

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___ He runs off to join the war

___ Amaranta stabs him with a knitting needle

___ Ursula overthrows him with a great popular victory

What does Melquiades leave with Jose Arcadio Buendia?

___ An ice machine

___ A seedling

___ Mysterious parchments

___ An alchemy set

Who do Amaranta and Rebeca fight over?

___ Pietro Crespi

___ Aureliano Jose

___ Don Moscote

___ Jose Arcadio

Buena suerte!