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Quiz for Source 13.7: The Spanish and the Aztecs: From Encounter to Conquest (1519–1521)

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Source 13.7 Cantares Mexicanos

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Question 13.25

Which of the following best describes these poems?
Which of the following best describes these poems?
A. They were composed in the aftermath of the Spanish conquest of Mexico and committed to writing in the late sixteenth century.
B. They were composed in the aftermath of the Spanish conquest and remained in the oral tradition until scholars committed them to writing in the early twentieth century.
C. They were composed by Spaniards over decades as they tried to imagine how Aztecs might have understood the conquest.
D. They were composed by Spanish priests, who emphasized the abandonment of the Aztecs by their native gods in order to make conversion to Christianity more attractive.
Question 13.26

What reason for the defeat do both poems emphasize?
What reason for the defeat do both poems emphasize?
A. The failings of Aztec leadership led to losses in battle.
B. An Aztec god allowed the disaster to occur.
C. The Spanish possessed superior weapons.
D. Smallpox weakened the Aztecs.
Question 13.27

Like the scene depicted in Source 13.6: The Battle of Tenochtitlán, these poems
Like the scene depicted in Source 13.6: The Battle of Tenochtitlán, these poems
A. were composed well over a century after the event.
B. offer a sense of the violence involved in the capture of the Aztec cities.
C. reveal the role of epidemic disease and starvation in the collapse of Aztec resistance.
D. depict the capture of the Aztec leader Cuauhtemoc as the crucial moment in the collapse of resistance.
Question 13.28

Which element of suffering associated with the conquest of the Aztecs does NOT appear in these poems?
Which element of suffering associated with the conquest of the Aztecs does NOT appear in these poems?
A. Spanish violence
B. The capture of Aztec leaders
C. The abandonment of the gods
D. The spread of epidemic diseases

Quiz for Source 13.7: The Spanish and the Aztecs: From Encounter to Conquest (1519–1521)

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Question 13.25

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Question 13.27

Question 13.28