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Quiz about Magical World of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Magical World of Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quiz

Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of the most distinguished writers in history. Find out more about him.

A multiple-choice quiz by beatka. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
beatka

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
110,869

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
436

Last 3 plays: Guest 194 (4/10), Guest 152 (8/10), Guest 152 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What nationality is Gabriel Garcia Marquez? Hint

Cuban

Colombian

Argentine

Bolivian

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Question 2 of 10

2. What did he study during his university years? Hint

medicine

journalism

literature

law

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Question 3 of 10

3. Aside from his novel writing, what other profession did he take up? Hint

teacher

lawyer

reporter

physician

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the title of his first book that got published? Hint

News of a Kidnapping

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Leaf Storm

The Autumn of the Patriarch

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Question 5 of 10

5. In what year was he awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Hint

2000

1978

1982

1990

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Question 6 of 10

6. Marquez's novels were most influenced by those of which great American writer? Hint

Jack London

William Faulkner

John Steinbeck

Ernest Hemingway

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Question 7 of 10

7. Marquez established a friendly relationship with which Latin American dictator?
Hint

Fidel Castro

Alfredo Stroessner

Augusto Pinochet

Jorge Videla

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the name of the mythical village that appears in several of his books?

Answer: (One word, starts with 'M')

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Question 9 of 10

9. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is also a screenwriter.

Yes

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which famous Italian actress played the part of Angela Vicario in a movie based on the Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel 'Chronicle of a Death Foretold' (1987)? Hint

Valeria Marini

Virna Lisi

Maria Grazia Cucinotta

Ornella Muti

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What nationality is Gabriel Garcia Marquez?

Answer: Colombian

Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in 1928 in Aracataca, a small town in northern Colombia, located between the mountains and the Caribbean Sea.

2. What did he study during his university years?

Answer: law

Marquez attended a law school at the National University of Bogota. After the Bogota university was closed in 1948, he went to the university in Cartagena and started working as a journalist in order to support himself.

3. Aside from his novel writing, what other profession did he take up?

Answer: reporter

After having abandoned his legal studies in 1950, he began writing columns for the newspaper 'El Heraldo', based in Barranquilla. In 1954 he moved back to Bogota and got a job in 'El Espectador'. Later on, Marquez worked also as a foreign correspondent.

4. What is the title of his first book that got published?

Answer: Leaf Storm

Marquez's first novel 'Leaf Storm' (La Hojarasca) was published by a small Bogota press in 1955, three years after it got rejected by the first publisher it was sent to.

5. In what year was he awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?

Answer: 1982

He received it, above all, for the magical-realism novel 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', which was published in 1967 and had a great international success. He was the fourth Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

6. Marquez's novels were most influenced by those of which great American writer?

Answer: William Faulkner

William Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949. Garcia Marquez admired him and often read his novels.

7. Marquez established a friendly relationship with which Latin American dictator?

Answer: Fidel Castro

Marquez was friends with Fidel Castro and the late dictator of Panama, Omar Torrijos. However, he has not been uncritical of Castro's regime.

8. What is the name of the mythical village that appears in several of his books?

Answer: Macondo

Macondo was the name of a banana plantation near Aracataca, his home town (it means 'banana' in the Bantu language). Macondo appears for the first time in 'Leaf Storm'. It plays the central role in his most popular novel, 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'.

9. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is also a screenwriter.

Answer: Yes

Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the author of screenplays for many movies, which are mostly known in Latin America. However, in the 1980s, he adapted some of his stories into films that gained international recognition, among them 'A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings'.

10. Which famous Italian actress played the part of Angela Vicario in a movie based on the Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel 'Chronicle of a Death Foretold' (1987)?

Answer: Ornella Muti

The movie was directed by Francesco Rosi. Muti became known to American audience for her role as Princess Aura in 'Flash Gordon' (1980), and appearance in TV movie 'Casanova' (1987).

Source: Author beatka

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