Lat Am Fiction and Film Day 1 and Magical Realism

Question 1

What is NOT a characteristic typically associated with Magical Realism

Accepted Answer

simple, straightforward storylines

Question 2

Which Lat Am author was first to win Nobel Prize in Literature

Accepted Answer

Gabriela Mistral

Question 3

The novel 100 Years of Solitude, published in 1967, is a classic of magical realism. Who wrote it?

Accepted Answer

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Question 4

In the Time of the Butterflies, by Julia Alvarez, is about what Caribbean country dictator?

Accepted Answer

Trujillo

Question 5

Chilean author Isabel Allende is a famous "magical realist" author. What is NOT the name of one of her novels:

Accepted Answer

Love in the Time of Cholera

Question 6

Alfonso Cuaron was the first Latin American to win an Academy Award for best directing for...

Accepted Answer

Gravity

Question 7

Yalitza Aparicio was the first indigenous woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for which film we'll see this term:

Accepted Answer

Roma

Question 8

What is the largest country in Latin America?

Accepted Answer

Mexico, Brazil

Question 9

Which of the following Lat Am writers has NOT won a Nobel Prize for Literature

Accepted Answer

Jorge Luis Borges

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