Quiz · Magical Realism in Latin America

Question 1What is this short listening passage mainly about?

The childhood of Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Colombia The history of a real town called Macondo Why ghost stories are popular in Latin America Magical realism and how Marquez brought it to the world

Question 2In One Hundred Years of Solitude, how long does rain fall at one point?

For nearly five long years For about one hundred days For more than ten full years For one whole rainy season

Question 3Where did Marquez's calm way of telling incredible things come from?

From his years of work as a news reporter From the serious critics who praised his books From his grandmother telling ghost stories with a straight face From the writers like Rushdie whom he later taught