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