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Quiz for Primary Source 14.5: Tenochtitlán Leaders Respond to Spanish Missionaries

Question

1. According to the authors, what claims did the Spanish make about the Mexica?

That they had turned their backs on their obligations to God

That their gods were actually devils

That their gods did not exist

That the Christian god and the Mexica gods were one and the same entity

Correct. The answer is c. According to the authors, the Spanish claimed that the Mexica did not “know the One who gives us life and being” and that the gods they worshipped were not gods.

Incorrect. The answer is c. According to the authors, the Spanish claimed that the Mexica did not “know the One who gives us life and being” and that the gods they worshipped were not gods.

Question

2. How did the Mexica respond to Spanish demands that they give up their traditional religion?

By threatening to kill the Spanish for their insolence

By embracing Christianity

By promising to give careful consideration to all the Spanish had said

By reaffirming their faith in their gods and refusing to give them up

Correct. The answer is d. After reviewing all the good things that came from the gods, the authors declared that they would die before they abandoned their gods.

Incorrect. The answer is d. After reviewing all the good things that came from the gods, the authors declared that they would die before they abandoned their gods.