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One Hundred Years of Solitude - Quiz
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  • 1. Who was the first person born in Macondo?
A) José Arcadio
B) Arcadio
C) Aureliano José
D) Colonel Aureliano Buendía
  • 2. What items did Colonel Aureliano Buendía craft to demonstrate his artistic side?
A) Wooden carvings
B) Golden fish
C) Clay dolls
D) Silver coins
  • 3. How many sons did Colonel Aureliano Buendía father during the wars?
A) 7
B) 20
C) 17
D) 12
  • 4. What is the condition called where Rebeca eats earth and whitewash?
A) Pica
B) Bulimia
C) Anorexia
D) Anemia
  • 5. What did Rebeca carry with her when she arrived in Macondo?
A) A diary
B) A chest of gold
C) Her parents' bones
D) A musical instrument
  • 6. Which language did Rebeca speak when she first arrived?
A) Portuguese
B) Latin
C) Guajiro or Wayuu
D) French
  • 7. Who was the father of Arcadio?
A) José Arcadio
B) Don Apolinar Moscote
C) Colonel Aureliano Buendía
D) Aureliano José
  • 8. What was the cause of Remedios Moscote's death?
A) Blood poisoning
B) A broken heart
C) Smallpox
D) Childbirth
  • 9. How old was Pilar Ternera when she died?
A) 100
B) 90
C) 120
D) Over 145
  • 10. Why did Amaranta's feelings toward Rebeca turn sour?
A) They disagreed on politics
B) They fought over an inheritance
C) They both desired Pietro Crespi
D) Rebeca stole her jewelry
  • 11. Who was the Conservative administrator of the town?
A) Don Apolinar Moscote
B) Nicanor Ulloa
C) Pietro Crespi
D) José Arcadio Buendía
  • 12. What item of Remedios Moscote's was kept in the Colonel's bedroom?
A) Her dolls
B) Her wedding dress
C) Her emerald necklace
D) Her letters
  • 13. What was the political affiliation of Julia Maria Gil?
A) Royalist
B) Apolitic
C) Conservative
D) Leftist
  • 14. What happens to most of Colonel Aureliano Buendía's sons?
A) They are murdered
B) They die of natural causes
C) They become soldiers
D) They move abroad
  • 15. Who is the mother of Aureliano José?
A) Rebeca
B) Remedios Moscote
C) Amaranta
D) Pilar Ternera
  • 16. Why did José Arcadio Buendía leave his hometown?
A) He was searching for gold
B) He was haunted by the corpse of Prudencio Aguilar
C) He was exiled by the government
D) He wanted to find a new wife
  • 17. What kind of city did José Arcadio Buendía dream of before founding Macondo?
A) A city of mirrors
B) A city of gold
C) A city of ghosts
D) A city of ice
  • 18. How does José Arcadio Buendía die?
A) Drowned in the river
B) Shot in a duel
C) Fell from a telescope
D) While tied to a chestnut tree
  • 19. What business does Úrsula Iguarán run to support the household?
A) Selling alchemy equipment
B) Teaching astronomy
C) Making candy animals and pastries
D) Operating a trading post
  • 20. What is Úrsula's main fear regarding her family?
A) The arrival of gypsies
B) The family going bankrupt
C) Losing their property
D) The resumption of incestuous practices
  • 21. What happens to Úrsula's body in her final years?
A) She shrinks to the size of a newborn baby
B) She loses her ability to speak
C) She becomes a giant
D) She turns into stone
  • 22. Whom does José Arcadio marry upon his return to Macondo?
A) Pilar Ternera
B) Úrsula
C) Rebeca
D) A Gypsy girl
  • 23. How does José Arcadio die?
A) By drowning
B) From old age
C) In a duel against his brother
D) From a mysterious gunshot wound
  • 24. What is José Arcadio covered in when he returns to Macondo?
A) Tattoos
B) Battle scars
C) Gold dust
D) Gypsy markings
  • 25. Who is the author of 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'?
A) Mario Vargas Llosa
B) Julio Cortázar
C) Carlos Fuentes
D) Gabriel García Márquez
  • 26. In what year was 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' first published?
A) 1970
B) 1965
C) 1967
D) 1957
  • 27. What is the name of the fictitious town where the Buendía family lives?
A) Aracataca
B) Macondo
C) Buenos Aires
D) Cartagena
  • 28. Which literary movement is the novel most associated with?
A) Magical realism
B) Naturalism
C) Existentialism
D) Romanticism
  • 29. Who translated the novel into English?
A) Gregory Rabassa
B) Mario Vargas Llosa
C) Carlos Fuentes
D) Gabriel García Márquez
  • 30. How many languages has the novel been translated into?
A) 20
B) 100
C) 46
D) 64
  • 31. Who was the leader of the Gypsies who visited Macondo?
A) Aureliano
B) Pietro Crespi
C) Melquíades
D) José Arcadio
  • 32. What item did Colonel Aureliano Buendía make in his workshop during his retirement?
A) Tiny goldfishes
B) Wooden carvings
C) Magnetized compasses
D) Silver coins
  • 33. Who is the mother of the Buendía family?
A) Fernanda del Carpio
B) Petra Cotes
C) Pilar Ternera
D) Úrsula Iguarán
  • 34. What is the physical trait of the final baby born to the Buendía family?
A) A pig's tail
B) Blue eyes
C) Webbed fingers
D) Extremely pale skin
  • 35. What did Mauricio Babilonia always have trailing behind him?
A) A group of workers
B) A trail of dust
C) Yellow butterflies
D) A flock of birds
  • 36. Where did García Márquez get the inspiration for the setting of Macondo?
A) His childhood house in Aracataca
B) A news report from Acapulco
C) Historical archives in Mexico City
D) A dream about Paris
  • 37. How many episodes was the Netflix adaptation of the novel?
A) 10
B) 16
C) 7
D) 24
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