Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez Study questions

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Facts about Gabriel García Márquez

➾ Gabriel García Márquez did not meet his mother until he was almost eight years old.

➾ He derived his rich, pungent writing style directly from the storytelling mannerisms of his grandmother.

➾ He quit law school because he felt that the study of law “had nothing to do with justice”.

➾ As a reporter, he once staged a fake rebellion using sirens and drums in a remote jungle village to create a news story.

➾ An exposé he wrote on a shipwrecked sailor revealed that the naval destroyer had been carrying black market goods, which deeply embarrassed the government.

➾ He rewrote his novel No One Writes to the Colonel a remarkable eleven times.

➾ During extreme poverty in Paris, he sustained himself by re-boiling chicken bones to make daily broth.

➾ His hotel landlord trusted him enough to allow him to accumulate massive debt because they saw him constantly writing in his room.

➾ He later reflected that his three years of poverty taught him that “nobody dies of hunger” and one is capable of sleeping under bridges.

➾ He worked for a magazine sometimes nicknamed Venezuela Pornografica and stated that he read and believed all the gossip within.

➾ After experiencing writer’s block, he broke it by turning his family car around and barricading himself at home for 15 months to write One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Gabriel García Márquez MCQs

1. What is the full name of the author, born March 6, 1928?

A. Gabo Jimenez
B. Gabriel José García Márquez
C. Luis Alejandro Velasco
D. William Faulkner

B. Gabriel José García Márquez
This is his full birth name, though he is often known by his affectionate nickname, Gabo.

2. What is one of the common nicknames Gabriel García Márquez is known by?

A. Gabby
B. Gabito
C. Colonel
D. Maestro

B. Gabito
“Gabito” (or “Gabo”) was a popular and affectionate nickname used for him throughout Latin America.

3. In which Colombian village was Gabriel García Márquez born?

A. Sucre
B. Macondo
C. Bogotá
D. Aracataca

D. Aracataca
He was born in Aracataca, which became the real-life inspiration for the fictional town of Macondo.

4. In which year did Gabriel García Márquez die?

A. 1982
B. 1999
C. 2012
D. 2014

D. 2014
He died of pneumonia at the age of 87 in Mexico City.

5. What was the immediate cause of Gabriel García Márquez’s death?

A. Lymphatic cancer
B. Dementia
C. Pneumonia
D. Heart failure

C. Pneumonia
Though he suffered from cancer and dementia, his death in 2014 was attributed to pneumonia.

6. García Márquez was diagnosed with what type of cancer in 1999?

A. Lung
B. Lymphatic
C. Bone
D. Skin

B. Lymphatic
He was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer in 1999 but recovered following treatment.

7. What was García Márquez reported to be suffering from in 2012?

A. A severe infection
B. Paralysis
C. Dementia
D. Writer’s block

C. Dementia
In 2012, his brother announced that García Márquez was suffering from dementia.

8. What is considered García Márquez’s first serious writing or novella, published in 1955?

A. The Evil Hour
B. Big Mama’s Funeral
C. Leaf Storm (La Hojarasca)
D. The Colonel

C. Leaf Storm (La Hojarasca)
Leaf Storm was his first novella and the first work to introduce the fictional town of Macondo.

9. Which novel, published in 1985, is described as his second most well-known work?

A. The Autumn of the Patriarch
B. Chronicle of a Death Foretold
C. Love in the Time of Cholera
D. Leaf Storm

C. Love in the Time of Cholera
After One Hundred Years of Solitude, this is his most celebrated novel.

10. Who raised García Márquez for the first ten years of his life?

A. His father
B. His mother
C. His maternal grandparents
D. Fidel Castro

C. His maternal grandparents
He was raised by his maternal grandparents, who had a profound influence on his storytelling.

11. García Márquez credited his grandmother with providing the foundation for what aspect of his work?

A. His political views
B. His financial stability
C. His pungent style
D. His love of cinema

C. His pungent style
His grandmother’s “pungent style” of telling fantastic stories matter-of-factly inspired magical realism.

12. The author’s grandfather became the model for what archetype character in his fiction?

A. The Seaman
B. The Dictator
C. The Colonel
D. The Telegraph Operator

C. The Colonel
His grandfather, a veteran of the War of a Thousand Days, became the model for the recurring colonel archetype.

13. What traumatic Colombian civil war did García Márquez’s grandfather participate in?

A. La Violencia
B. The War of a Thousand Days
C. The Cuban Revolution
D. The Spanish Civil War

B. The War of a Thousand Days
His grandfather was a colonel in this devastating civil war, a recurring theme in his novels.

14. The village of Aracataca is the real-life inspiration for what fictional town?

A. Sucre
B. Cartagena
C. Cienaga
D. Macondo

D. Macondo
Macondo, the setting of One Hundred Years of Solitude, is based on his childhood home of Aracataca.

15. What US company established a banana headquarters in Aracataca, leading to massacres?

A. Standard Oil
B. The United Fruit Company
C. Chiquita Brands
D. Wells Fargo

B. The United Fruit Company
The 1928 “Banana Massacre” by this company became a key event in One Hundred Years of Solitude.

16. When did García Márquez first publish short stories?

A. 1955
B. 1967
C. 1947 while a student
D. 1970

C. 1947 while a student
He began his literary career publishing short stories in newspapers while he was a student.

17. After abandoning his higher studies, what profession did García Márquez fully commit to?

A. Film direction
B. Pharmacy
C. Journalism
D. Political activism

C. Journalism
He dropped out of law school to become a journalist, a profession that deeply shaped his writing style.

18. What newspaper column did García Márquez write for El Heraldo in Barranquilla?

A. El Espectador
B. La Hojarasca
C. La Jirafa
D. El Pueblo

C. “La Jirafa”
He wrote a regular column called “La Jirafa” (The Giraffe) under the name “Septimus.”

19. Which literary quality characterized García Márquez’s early journalistic writings?

A. Academic formality
B. Irony and mordant humor
C. Pure naturalism
D. Excessive pathos

B. Irony and mordant humor
His early columns were known for their biting humor and ironic observations.

20. García Márquez preferred to cover what type of stories as a reporter for El Espectador?

A. Editorials
B. Foreign correspondence
C. Fires and crimes
D. Political analysis

C. Fires and crimes
He preferred covering the “police beat” and sensational stories, like fires and crimes.

21. The fabricated rebellion story in Quibdo was staged to protest what?

A. Government corruption
B. The correspondent’s assignment
C. Censorship
D. The price of bananas

B. The correspondent’s assignment
He staged the story out of boredom and frustration with his assignment in the remote town.

22. What did the sailor Luis Alejandro Velasco reveal that embarrassed the Rojas Pinilla government?

A. The storm was fabricated
B. The destroyer carried black market goods
C. The sailor was a spy
D. The storm hit in New Orleans

B. The destroyer carried black market goods
Velasco revealed the shipwreck was due to contraband, not a storm, embarrassing the dictatorship.

23. When was The Tale of A Shipwrecked Sailor first published under García Márquez’s name?

A. 1954
B. 1966
C. 1970
D. 1982

C. 1970
Though written as a newspaper series in 1955, it was first published in book form in 1970.

24. Which of his novels was García Márquez rewriting eleven times while stuck jobless in Paris?

A. Leaf Storm
B. The Evil Hour
C. One Hundred Years of Solitude
D. No One Writes to the Colonel

D. No One Writes to the Colonel
He wrote this novella, a masterpiece of conciseness, during a period of extreme poverty in Paris.

25. What was García Márquez’s first novel focused on the theme of violence?

A. La Hojarasca
B. La Mala Hora (The Evil Hour)
C. El Coronel
D. Cien años de soledad

B. La Mala Hora (The Evil Hour)
This novel was his first to directly confront the theme of *La Violencia*, the political violence in Colombia.

26. What conclusion did García Márquez reach after three years of poverty in Paris?

A. That he required political asylum
B. That he needed a US visa
C. That nobody dies of hunger
D. That he should stop writing

C. That nobody dies of hunger
His experience of extreme poverty in Paris gave him a sense of resilience and this philosophical conclusion.

27. Who was the fiancée and eventual wife of García Márquez, described as having a “beautiful neck”?

A. Luisa Santiaga
B. Pilar Ternera
C. Mercedes Barcha
D. Consuelo

C. Mercedes Barcha
He married Mercedes Barcha, his childhood sweetheart, in 1958.

28. García Márquez finished which short story collection while working in Caracas, Venezuela?

A. No One Writes to the Colonel
B. Big Mama’s Funeral
C. Leaf Storm
D. The Tale of A Shipwrecked Sailor

B. Big Mama’s Funeral
He completed this collection (Los funerales de la Mamá Grande) while living in Venezuela.

29. After the Cuban revolution, García Márquez opened the Bogotá office for what Cuban news agency?

A. El Espectador
B. Momento
C. Prensa Latina
D. Alternativa

C. Prensa Latina
His support for the revolution led him to help establish the Bogotá office for Cuba’s official news agency.

30. García Márquez’s political leanings, since his student days, are described as being what?

A. Liberal
B. Conservative
C. Revolutionary, even communist
D. Federalist

C. Revolutionary, even communist
He was a committed leftist and socialist his entire life, stemming from his student activism.

31. While representing Prensa Latina at the UN, what famous incident did García Márquez witness?

A. Castro’s long speech
B. Khruschev using his shoe as a gavel
C. The signing of a peace treaty
D. An assassination attempt

B. Khruschev using his shoe as a gavel
He was present for the infamous (and possibly apocryphal) incident of Khruschev banging his shoe.

32. García Márquez’s US visa was withdrawn around 1961 due to what reason?

A. Financial debt
B. His political leanings and association with Cuba
C. Criminal activities
D. A dispute with immigration officials

B. His political leanings and association with Cuba
His left-wing politics and friendship with Castro made him a target of the US government.

33. García Márquez traveled through the US Deep South by bus as an homage to which writer?

A. Ben Hecht
B. Ernest Hemingway
C. John Steinbeck
D. William Faulkner

D. William Faulkner
He deeply admired Faulkner and traveled through his territory, the American South, by Greyhound bus.

34. What period of intense political violence and repression in Colombia occurred around 1948?

A. The Banana Massacre
B. The War of a Thousand Days
C. La Violencia
D. The Latin Boom

C. La Violencia
“La Violencia” (The Violence) was a brutal ten-year civil war that became a major theme in his work.

35. Who was the famed Mexican novelist with whom García Márquez collaborated on screenplays?

A. Julio Cortázar
B. Jorge Rojas
C. Carlos Fuentes
D. Juan Ramon Jimenez

C. Carlos Fuentes
He formed a close friendship with Fuentes, and they worked together on several film projects in Mexico.

36. What did García Márquez realize he lacked working on film scripts compared to novels?

A. Sufficient money
B. Technical expertise
C. The writer’s complete control over the work
D. Critical acclaim

C. The writer’s complete control over the work
He felt that in filmmaking, the writer’s vision was diluted by the collaborative process.

37. García Márquez experienced a four-year period of difficulty known as what, before writing his masterpiece?

A. Exile
B. Writer’s block
C. Political imprisonment
D. Journalism fatigue

B. Writer’s block
He suffered a severe writer’s block for four years before his breakthrough inspiration for his masterpiece.

38. While driving from Mexico City to Acapulco, García Márquez began planning which masterpiece?

A. The Evil Hour
B. Chronicle of a Death Foretold
C. One Hundred Years of Solitude
D. Love in the Time of Cholera

C. One Hundred Years of Solitude
He had a sudden flash of inspiration for the novel while on this drive, ending his writer’s block.

39. Approximately how long did García Márquez work on writing One Hundred Years of Solitude?

A. Six months
B. Eighteen months
C. Three years
D. Ten years

B. Eighteen months
He locked himself away for 18 months, writing in a haze of creative energy to complete the novel.

40. In which year was One Hundred Years of Solitude first published in Spanish (Cien años de soledad)?

A. 1961
B. 1967
C. 1970
D. 1982

B. 1967
The novel was an immediate and massive success upon its 1967 publication in Buenos Aires.

41. Which Argentinean writer, alongside Carlos Fuentes, was an early supporter of Cien Años de Soledad?

A. Jorge Luis Borges
B. Julio Cortázar
C. Pablo Neruda
D. Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza

B. Julio Cortázar
Julio Cortázar, a major figure of the “Latin Boom,” was an important early champion of the novel.

42. Who was the translator who rendered One Hundred Years of Solitude into English?

A. William Kennedy
B. Gregory Rabassa
C. Ben Hecht
D. Luisa Santiaga

B. Gregory Rabassa
Rabassa’s 1970 translation was highly acclaimed by García Márquez himself as a work of art.

43. What term describes the rise in popularity of Latin-American writing in the 1960s and 1970s?

A. The New Wave
B. The Latin Boom
C. Modernism
D. Postmodernism

B. The Latin Boom
His novel was a central work of the “Latin Boom,” which brought global attention to Latin American authors.

44. One Hundred Years of Solitude is considered a central work in which literary movement?

A. Postmodernism
B. Naturalism
C. Magical realism
D. Existentialism

C. Magical realism
The novel is the most famous example of magical realism, blending the fantastic with the mundane.

45. In 1973, following the assassination of Salvador Allende, García Márquez co-founded which left-wing magazine?

A. El Espectador
B. Prensa Latina
C. Alternativa
D. Momento

C. Alternativa
He co-founded this political magazine in Colombia in response to the coup in Chile.

46. What novel, published in 1975, focused on the theme of dictatorship and power?

A. Love in the Time of Cholera
B. The Autumn of the Patriarch
C. Chronicle of a Death Foretold
D. The Evil Hour

B. The Autumn of the Patriarch
This dense, experimental novel is a portrait of an archetypal Caribbean dictator, isolated by absolute power.

47. García Márquez established a personal relationship with which Cuban leader?

A. Che Guevara
B. Fidel Castro
C. Omar Torrijos
D. Salvador Allende

B. Fidel Castro
His controversial and long-standing friendship with Fidel Castro often drew criticism from the West.

48. In which year was García Márquez awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature?

A. 1967
B. 1970
C. 1981
D. 1982

D. 1982
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for his novels and short stories, which combined the fantastic and realistic.

49. García Márquez claimed that the atmosphere of his books is the atmosphere of what stage of life?

A. Old age
B. Journalism
C. Childhood
D. Adulthood

C. Childhood
He stated that his style was based on his grandmother’s way of telling stories, rooted in his childhood.

50. In his Nobel lecture, García Márquez expressed belief in the possibility of creating what?

A. Scientific advancement
B. Eternal solitude
C. The opposite utopia
D. Universal warfare

C. The opposite utopia
He concluded his lecture with a powerful call for a “new and sweeping utopia of life.”

In Evil Hour MCQs

1. What is the date on which Father Ángel wakes up and begins his day?

A. October third
B. October fourth
C. October fifth
D. October sixth

B. October fourth.
Father Ángel wakes up and confirms the date as Tuesday, October 4th, recalling it is St. Francis of Assisi’s day.

2. Who is the first person Father Ángel greets outside the church?

A. Pastor
B. César Montero
C. Trinidad
D. Mayor

C. Trinidad.
Trinidad greets Father Ángel as he opens the church door, holding a box of mice caught in traps.

3. What instrument does the Pastor usually play every morning at five o’clock?

A. Guitar
B. Trumpet
C. Drums
D. Clarinet

D. Clarinet.
Father Ángel often heard the Pastor’s clarinet playing in the courtyard after the morning bell toll.

4. What is Father Ángel’s primary critique of the Pastor’s new song?

A. Too violent
B. Too vulgar
C. Too lengthy
D. Too silly

D. Too silly.
The priest states that while the music is good, the lyrics are silly and make little practical sense.

5. What event did Trinidad describe as “something better than the serenade”?

A. Arrests
B. Lampoons
C. A fire
D. Robbery

B. Lampoons.
Trinidad mentions seeing the lampoons stuck up the previous night, which she found more engaging than the serenade.

6. What animals was César Montero dreaming about before waking up?

A. Lions
B. Tigers
C. Elephants
D. Jaguars

C. Elephants.
He had seen them in a movie on Sunday, and they reappeared terrifyingly in his dream due to the rain.

7. Where does César Montero fasten his double-barreled shotgun before riding off?

A. On his back
B. By the door
C. On a mule saddle
D. Behind the bed

C. On mule saddle.
He fastened the shotgun horizontally with the saddle straps after taking it off his shoulder.

8. What document did César Montero find stuck to his door before leaving town?

A. Threat
B. A lampoon
C. Divorce notice
D. Sales offer

B. A lampoon.
He saw a piece of paper on his door, read it, and recognised it as a lampoon before tearing it up.

9. What object was blocking the bottom of the Pastor’s front door?

A. Stone
B. Shell
C. Box
D. Barrel

B. Shell.
The door was unbolted but physically blocked at the bottom by a giant sea shell.

10. What kind of trail did Pastor leave after being shot?

A. Bloody feathers
B. Bloody mud
C. Bullet casings
D. Footprints

A. Bloody feathers.
Pastor dragged himself along a furrow of tiny bloody feathers near his dovecote after the gunshot.

11. What item did the Mayor find on César Montero during the frisk?

A. Switchblade
B. Keys
C. Shotgun shells
D. Money

C. Shotgun shells.
During the search, the Mayor found four shotgun shells in Montero’s shirt pocket, along with other items.

12. Where did the Mayor initially order the arrested César Montero to be held?

A. Jail cell
B. Hotel room
C. Town hall mm.nbjkhvgh
D. Doctor’s office

C. Town hall.
He commanded the Police officers to take César Montero to the second floor of the town hall.

13. What ailment caused the Mayor sleepless nights and throbbing pain?

A. Back pain
B. Headache
C. Molar pain
D. Fever

C. Molar pain.
The Mayor had been suffering for three nights and had a slight fever due to his painful molar.

14. What piece of clothing was the Mayor wearing when he apprehended César Montero?

A. Suit
B. Tunic
C. Pyjama bottoms
D. Trench coat

C. Pyjama bottoms.
After Montero surrendered, the Mayor realised he was standing in the rain wearing only his pyjama bottoms.

15. What type of gun was used to shoot the Pastor, according to one man?

A. Deer gun
B. Jaguar gun
C. Revolver
D. Shotgun

B. Jaguar gun.
A man observing the Pastor’s body notes that the fatal wound must have been inflicted “with a jaguar gun”.

16. What does the Mayor tell Father Ángel when asked if the Pastor is dead?

A. Killed badly
B. Dead as a pig
C. Shameful act
D. Gone now

B. Dead as a pig.
The Mayor gave a blunt, impatient response to the perplexed priest, confirming Pastor’s immediate death.

17. What job did the Mayor ask Dr. Giraldo to perform regarding the Pastor?

A. Give advice
B. Perform autopsy
C. Treat toothache
D. Leave town

B. Perform autopsy.
The Mayor instructed Dr Giraldo to get dressed quickly to go and perform the necessary autopsy.

18. How did Judge Arcadio first react to the Mayor’s request for a removal form?

A. Anger
B. Whistle
C. Agreement
D. Confusion

B. Whistle.
Upon hearing the term “body removal form,” Judge Arcadio whistled utter perplexity.

19. What did the pregnant woman (Judge Arcadio’s wife) suggest the Mayor do about his swelling?

A. Use ice
B. Pull tooth
C. Take pills
D. See priest

B. Pull tooth.
She stated that the swelling would not subside “Until that molar’s pulled out”.

20. What item did Father Ángel forget to give Trinidad money to buy?

A. Candles
B. Wine
C. Arsenic
D. Incense

C. Arsenic.
Father Ángel forgot to give Trinidad the money for the arsenic needed to kill the mice in the church.

21. What reason did Father Ángel give for ringing the bell to censure the movie?

A. Too loud
B. Moral issue
C. Bad weather
D. Lack of respect

D. Lack of respect.
The priest felt that holding a movie show demonstrated a “lack of consideration” for the town following the death.

22. What postscript did Father Ángel add to his letter before mailing it?

A. It is raining
B. Bitter days
C. Election news
D. Both A and B

D. Both A and B.
He wrote that it was raining again and that bitter days awaited them due to the town’s circumstances.

23. Why did Judge Arcadio and his wife fall to the floor that Friday morning?

A. Net broke
B. Bed collapsed
C. Quarreling
D. Earthquake

A. Net broke.
The mosquito netting cords broke during the morning, causing them to fall in a heap.

24. What scandalous thing did the lampoon say Raquel Contreras did on her trips?

A. Theft
B. Abortion
C. Fraud
D. Affairs

B. Abortion.
The lampoon revealed that her trips, supposedly for dentures, were actually to obtain an abortion.

25. What was the only new furnishing in Judge Arcadio’s courthouse office?

A. Desk
B. Scale
C. Lithograph
D. Typewriter

C. Lithograph.
A framed lithograph, depicting a smiling president, was the only new object in the old office.

26. What was the fate of Judge Vitela, the previous judge in that office?

A. Retired
B. Shot up
C. Quit
D. Promoted

B. Shot up.
The secretary recounted how Judge Vitela was shot and killed while sitting in the office.

27. What did Judge Arcadio bet he could do regarding the lampoons?

A. End them
B. Discover the author
C. Write better ones
D. Ignore them

B. Discover the author.
The Judge confidently bet his secretary that he would discover who was putting up the lampoons.

28. What unusual item did Roberto Asís’s daughter dream about?

A. Glass cat
B. Flying dog
C. Talking tree
D. Singing bird

A. Glass cat.
The girl told her father she dreamed about a glass cat, trying to describe the glass animal.

29. To whom was the Pastor’s last song officially dedicated?

A. Rebeca
B. Rosario
C. Trinidad
D. Margot

D. Margot.
The Widow Asís revealed that Pastor’s final song was for Margot Ramírez, whom he planned to marry.

30. Why did César Montero refuse to have food sent to him while imprisoned?

A. Hunger strike
B. Order
C. Didn’t want wife bothered
D. Poison fear

C. Didn’t want to bother my wife.
He stated that he did not want to bother his wife by making her prepare or send meals.

31. What did Trinidad use instead of arsenic to kill the mice?

A. Plaster
B. Bread
C. Water
D. Sugar

A. Plaster.
She explained that she used plaster, and the mice died after drinking holy water, solidifying it.

32. What odour did Father Ángel identify as coming from Rebeca Asís?

A. Sandalwood
B. Spikenards
C. Florida water
D. Guava paste

A. Sandalwood.
When Rebeca Asís fanned herself, the priest identified the source of her heat and fragrance as sandalwood.

33. How many towns did Mr. Carmichael confirm the Widow Montiel owned?

A. Three
B. Five
C. Ten
D. None

A. Three.
When the barber guessed ten, Mr. Carmichael corrected him, stating that she owned only “Three” towns.

34. What did Mr. Carmichael’s lampoon reveal about his family?

A. Cattle theft
B. Illegitimate kids
C. Taxes owed
D. Political favours

B. Illegitimate kids.
The lampoon claimed he fathered only the black children and listed other men for the remainder.

35. What did the Mayor offer men to remove the rotting cow from the riverbank?

A. Fifty pesos
B. One hundred pesos
C. New boots
D. Land lot

B. One hundred pesos.
To motivate the men, the Mayor doubled his original offer, shouting “A hundred pesos” for the horns.

36. Who was César Montero’s wife, who was seen leaving on the launch?

A. Rebeca Asís
B. Margot Ramírez
C. Rosario Montero
D. Trinidad

C. Rosario Montero.
Rosario Montero was seen sitting beside her mother on the tin-plate trunk as she departed the town.

37. What did Nora Jacob (Mateo Asís’s lover) fear people would say about her daughter?

A. She is poor
B. She is rude
C. She is spoiled
D. She is illegitimate

D. She is illegitimate.
Nora Jacob stated she only worried about what people would say about her fifteen-year-old daughter, Mónica.

38. What was the Mayor’s true intention regarding the recruits’ rifles during the curfew?

A. To train them
B. To start a war
C. Use blank cartridges
D. Use live rounds

C. Use blank cartridges.
The Mayor secretly informed Judge Arcadio that the recruits would only be issued blank cartridges.

39. What object did the Mayor throw in desperation during his toothache crisis?

A. A rock
B. A glass case
C. A stool
D. A revolver

C. A stool.
The Mayor picked up a stool and flung it violently against the glass cabinet out of pain.

40. What request did the circus impresario make regarding the imposed curfew?

A. End it
B. Move it
C. Share profits
D. Extend it

B. Move it.
The impresario proposed pushing the curfew back to eleven o’clock so he could share show profits.

41. What item did the dentist find when searching his worktable drawer?

A. A syringe
B. A revolver
C. Money
D. False teeth

B. A revolver.
One of the policeìmen searched the drawer of the worktable and took out a revolver.

42. What does the Mayor tell the dentist when refusing anaesthesia for the tooth extraction?

A. Pain is good
B. No supplies
C. You kill without it
D. Too busy

C. You kill without it.
The dentist grimly told the Mayor, “You people kill without anaesthesia,” before the extraction began.

43. Who did the Mayor collaborate with to acquire land for the flood victims legally?

A. Dr. Giraldo
B. Don Sabas
C. Judge Arcadio
D. Mr. Benjamín

C. Judge Arcadio.
The Mayor met with Judge Arcadio to legalise the sale of his lots and the required indemnification process.

44. What was Pepe Amador arrested for, leading to his death?

A. Shooting
B. Theft
C. Prostitution
D. Fliers

D. Fliers.
Pepe Amador was caught distributing mimeographed, clandestine flyers at the cockpit.

45. What did the Mayor offer Mr Carmichael in exchange for dropping his opposition to the sale of the Montiel estate?

A. Freedom
B. More money
C. Protection
D. Partnership

D. Partnership.
After torturing Carmichael by exposure, the Mayor gravely stated, “we’re partners now” in the illegal dealings.

46. What specific item did Father Ángel find on his bed after praying following the curfew announcement?

A. Holy water
B. His breviary
C. Nothing at all
D. Mouse droppings

C. Nothing at all.
The text describes him making the sign of the cross over his breviary, indicating he had finished prayers, and nothing unusual was on his bed.

47. What did the Mayor do with the corpse of Pepe Amador to hide the murder?

A. Burned it
B. Buried it
C. Dumped it
D. Shipped it

B. Buried it.
The Mayor ordered his men to dig a “good, deep hole” in the rear courtyard to bury the body.

48. What final message did the circus impresario shout to the Mayor from the launch?

A. Good luck
B. Welcome back
C. Son-of-a-bitch cop
D. Come visit

C. Son-of-a-bitch cop.
The impresario leaned over the rail and shouted, “Goodbye, you son-of-a-bitch cop,” before leaving.

49. What did Father Ángel realise about the town after comparing it to Macondo?

A. Always changing
B. Always the same
C. Always violent
D. Always spiritual

B. Always the same.
He wondered if time had passed, realising that little had changed in the town over nineteen years.

50. What happened to Judge Arcadio when the Mayor went looking for him after Pepe Amador’s death?

A. Left town
B. Was arrested
C. Found dead
D. In hiding

A. Left town.
Judge Arcadio had fled two nights prior, escaping the intensifying violence and political risks.

Brief Overview

In Evil Hour is a novel by Gabriel García Márquez, first published in 1962. It serves as a political allegory exploring themes of censorship, violence, and moral decay during a period of political unrest in a Colombian town.

The novel explores a small town plagued by constant rain and heat. The primary issue is anonymous writings known as lampoons. These papers spread malicious gossip and secrets about respected individuals, causing widespread fear and distress throughout the town.

Early one morning, César Montero finds a lampoon on his door, gets very angry, and shoots a musician named Pastor dead with a shotgun. The mayor, who is suffering from a painful toothache, arrests the killer.

The mayor uses this murder to take complete control. He sets a strict curfew and organises patrols to find the writers of the papers. He forces poor, flooded people to move to land that he owns. He also forces César Montero to pay a hefty bribe in cattle to be released from jail.

The violence continues when the police arrest Pepe Amador for political fliers. Pepe Amador is beaten severely and dies. The mayor claims he escaped and orders the body buried in secret. This demonstrates that the town’s peace is maintained through violence and unfair rule.