Latin American literature quiz
Borges, Neruda, Cortázar, Vargas Llosa, Bolaño, Allende, Lispector: a quiz on the literature of Latin America, from modernist poetry to the boom, from Mexico to Argentina and from Brazil to the Caribbean.
- 325 questions
- 19 answers given
- 26% correct answers
A taste of it
A few questions from this quiz, without the answers: you will find out by playing.
Paz's poem "Sunstone" has 584 lines: which planet's cycle does that number echo?
- Jupiter
- Venus
- Mercury
- Mars
Which region of Mexico is the setting of Rosario Castellanos's "The Nine Guardians" (1957)?
- Oaxaca
- Sonora
- Chiapas
- Yucatán
The Cervantes Prize honors only Spanish writers.
- True
- False
What is the curse hanging over Oscar's family called in Junot Díaz's "Oscar Wao"?
- The fukú
- The mal de ojo
- Voodoo
- The zafa
Which country is Jorge Volpi, author of "In Search of Klingsor" (1999), from?
- Colombia
- Spain
- Argentina
- Mexico
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