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History of Mayagüez
  • 1. In what year was Mayagüez officially founded?
A) 1841
B) 1836
C) 1760
D) 1763
  • 2. What is the meaning of the name Mayagüez according to the text?
A) Land of the Setting Sun
B) Clear River Valley
C) Place of the Taíno
D) Land of Clear Waters
  • 3. Who led the group that requested the founding of Mayagüez?
A) Rafael Mangual
B) Eugenio María de Hostos
C) Ramón Emeterio Betances
D) Faustino Martínez de Matos
  • 4. In what year did Mayagüez receive its royal status as a villa?
A) 1760
B) 1763
C) 1877
D) 1836
  • 5. What event nearly destroyed the villa in 1841?
A) A hurricane
B) A revolutionary attack
C) A major fire
D) An earthquake
  • 6. Who was named the first mayor of Mayagüez when it became a villa?
A) Rafael Mangual
B) Faustino Martínez de Matos
C) José de Diego
D) Santiago de Méndez Vigo
  • 7. Which famous educator and philosopher was born in Mayagüez in 1839?
A) Segundo Ruiz Belvis
B) Ramón Emeterio Betances
C) Eugenio María de Hostos
D) José de Diego
  • 8. What was the main economic activity of Mayagüez when it became a villa?
A) Agriculture
B) Textile manufacturing
C) Mining
D) Tuna processing
  • 9. When were U.S. troops welcomed in Mayagüez during the Spanish–American War?
A) 1868
B) 1898
C) 1911
D) 1918
  • 10. The local fire department in Mayagüez was founded in which year?
A) 1852
B) 1866
C) 1843
D) 1841
  • 11. What was the original name of the settlement?
A) Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez
B) Puerto del Sol
C) San Germán de Mayagüez
D) Yagüeca
  • 12. From which region did most of the town's original settlers come?
A) Mexico
B) Cuba
C) Canary Islands
D) Spain (Mainland)
  • 13. Who helped rebuild the city after the fire of 1841?
A) Ramón Emeterio Betances
B) Rafael Mangual
C) Santiago de Méndez Vigo
D) Faustino Martínez de Matos
  • 14. What major natural disaster occurred in 1918?
A) Great Fire
B) Cholera epidemic
C) San Fermín earthquake
D) Hurricane
  • 15. Who is known as the father of the Puerto Rican independence movement?
A) José de Diego
B) Ramón Emeterio Betances
C) Segundo Ruiz Belvis
D) Eugenio María de Hostos
  • 16. In what year did the college that later became the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez open?
A) 1911
B) 1918
C) 1898
D) 1877
  • 17. What industry was a major part of Mayagüez's late 20th-century export trade?
A) Tuna processing
B) Coffee production
C) Sugar refining
D) Automobile parts
  • 18. What is the name of the pro-independence revolt planned at a farm in the outskirts of Mayagüez?
A) Grito de Lares
B) Grito de San Germán
C) Grito de Mayagüez
D) Grito de Candelaria
  • 19. Which person is recognized as the father of the Puerto Rican Abolitionism movement?
A) José de Diego
B) Ramón Emeterio Betances
C) Eugenio María de Hostos
D) Segundo Ruiz Belvis
  • 20. How many housing units were burned in the fire of 1841?
A) 200
B) 100
C) 500
D) 300
  • 21. In what year did Mayagüez receive its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain?
A) 1877
B) 1894
C) 1896
D) 1911
  • 22. Who directed the Escuela Libre de Música when it was founded in 1894?
A) Fernando Callejo
B) Luis Perocier
C) Theodore Schwan
D) Frank Cole
  • 23. Whose construction company designed the structure for the Plaza del Mercado?
A) Theodore Schwan
B) Fernando Callejo
C) Luis Perocier
D) Gustave Eiffel
  • 24. Who was the first bishop of the Diocese of Mayagüez?
A) Theodore Schwan
B) Frank Cole
C) Fernando Callejo
D) Mons. Ulises Casiano Vargas
  • 25. What event happened in the Plaza del Municipio on January 11, 1975?
A) The arrival of U.S. troops
B) A bomb explosion
C) The founding of a university
D) The opening of a cathedral
  • 26. Which U.S. President experienced a foreign policy setback regarding the Mayagüez Incident?
A) Benjamín Cole
B) Frank Cole
C) Theodore Schwan
D) Gerald Ford
  • 27. What percentage of U.S. tuna products were once packed in Mayagüez?
A) 25%
B) 50%
C) 10%
D) 80%
  • 28. When was the Diocese of Mayagüez founded?
A) October 11, 1918
B) April 1, 1976
C) August 11, 1898
D) January 1, 2004
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