- 1. In which country was Augusto Roa Bastos born?
A) Uruguay
B) Chile
C) Paraguay
D) Argentina
- 2. Which literary award did Augusto Roa Bastos win in 1989?
A) Booker Prize
B) Nobel Prize in Literature
C) Pulitzer Prize
D) Cervantes Prize
- 3. Which famous Paraguayan novel is Augusto Roa Bastos known for?
A) Yo el supremo
B) Don Segundo Sombra
C) El túnel
D) Santa Evita
- 4. In which year was Augusto Roa Bastos born?
A) 1917
B) 1932
C) 1903
D) 1925
- 5. What is the meaning of the title 'Hijo de hombre'?
A) Man of Honor
B) Son of Man
C) Father's Son
D) Child of the Earth
- 6. Which short story collection by Augusto Roa Bastos won the National Prize for Literature in Paraguay?
A) Los pies sobre el agua
B) El último caminante
C) Noche de la tegua
D) El trueno entre las hojas
- 7. Which indigenous culture heavily influenced Augusto Roa Bastos's writing?
A) Guarani
B) Mapuche
C) Aymara
D) Quechua
- 8. Augusto Roa Bastos was exiled from Paraguay for political reasons. To which country did he move during his exile?
A) Brazil
B) Argentina
C) Chile
D) Mexico
- 9. What is the English translation of the title 'El fiscal' by Augusto Roa Bastos?
A) The Detective
B) The Judge
C) The Criminal
D) The Prosecutor
- 10. Which political figure is the protagonist of Augusto Roa Bastos' novel 'I, the Supreme'?
A) José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia
B) Simón Bolívar
C) Frank Lloyd Wright
D) Augusto Roa Bastos
- 11. What was the first novel written by Augusto Roa Bastos?
A) Hijo de hombre
B) El trueno entre las hojas
C) Yo, el Supremo
D) I, the Supreme
- 12. In which year did Augusto Roa Bastos pass away?
A) 1995
B) 2005
C) 1985
D) 2015
- 13. What was the original language of Augusto Roa Bastos' novel 'Hijo de hombre'?
A) Spanish
B) French
C) Portuguese
D) Guarani
- 14. Who directed the film adaptation of Augusto Roa Bastos's 'Hijo de hombre'?
A) Luis Buñuel
B) Alejandro González Iñárritu
C) Pedro Almodóvar
D) Lucas Demare
- 15. What is the protagonist's profession in Augusto Roa Bastos's 'El fiscal'?
A) Lawyer
B) Police Officer
C) Prosecutor
D) Journalist
- 16. In which year did Augusto Roa Bastos win the Cervantes Prize?
A) 1995
B) 1989
C) 1975
D) 1960
- 17. In which city did Augusto Roa Bastos spend his last years?
A) Rio de Janeiro
B) Buenos Aires
C) Asunción
D) Mexico City
- 18. Where did Augusto Roa Bastos spend the last years of his life in exile?
A) Mexico
B) United States
C) Italy
D) France
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