Quiz for American Voices: The Spanish Conquest of Mexico

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Correct. The answer is b. Diaz’s account suggests that Moctezuma’s Caciques and Lords did not even dare to look him in the face and kept their eyes lowered even as they carried him, suggesting that they both feared and revered him.
Incorrect. The answer is b. Diaz’s account suggests that Moctezuma’s Caciques and Lords did not even dare to look him in the face and kept their eyes lowered even as they carried him, suggesting that they both feared and revered him.

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Correct. The answer is a. The Aztec elders’ description suggests that Moctezuma feared the Spaniards and their weapons and that he “submitted himself entirely to whatsoever he was to see.”
Incorrect. The answer is a. The Aztec elders’ description suggests that Moctezuma feared the Spaniards and their weapons and that he “submitted himself entirely to whatsoever he was to see.”

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Correct. The answer is d. Diaz suggested that he had come to believe that “our Lord Jesus Christ was pleased to give us grace and courage to dare to enter into such a city.”
Incorrect. The answer is d. Diaz suggested that he had come to believe that “our Lord Jesus Christ was pleased to give us grace and courage to dare to enter into such a city.”

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Correct. The answer is d. Diaz’s account suggests that Cortés and his men made peaceful overtures to Moctezuma in order to win his trust and facilitate their entry into Tenochtitlán so that they could more easily conquer the city and its people.
Incorrect. The answer is d. Diaz’s account suggests that Cortés and his men made peaceful overtures to Moctezuma in order to win his trust and facilitate their entry into Tenochtitlán so that they could more easily conquer the city and its people.

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Correct. The answer is b. Both of these accounts were written in retrospect, long after the original events described had taken place.
Incorrect. The answer is b. Both of these accounts were written in retrospect, long after the original events described had taken place.