CSET Spanish Subtest 2 | 397 Questions and 100%Correct Answers.
What are the characteristics of Modernism (1888-1910)? There are 10. -
... [Show More] 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 - ANSWERSpanish Prose
The last great poet of middle ages. Wrote Coplas a la muerte de su padre. - ANSWERJorge 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
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
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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)
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. - ANSWERRoman Catholicism
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 . [Show Less]