Chapter 88. Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian

Correct. The answer is a. Cortés referred to Doña Marina simply as his interpreter in his letter to Charles I.

Incorrect. The answer is a. Cortés referred to Doña Marina simply as his interpreter in his letter to Charles I.

Correct. The answer is a. Bernal Díaz del Castillo said that Doña Marina was a skilled interpreter, was widely respected by the Indians of New Spain, and had embraced the Christian religion.

Incorrect. The answer is a. Bernal Díaz del Castillo said that Doña Marina was a skilled interpreter, was widely respected by the Indians of New Spain, and had embraced the Christian religion.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The image of Doña Marina translating for Cortés was created by Tlaxcalan artists and represents one indigenous perspective on the events.

Correct. The answer is c. The image of Doña Marina translating for Cortés was created by Tlaxcalan artists and represents one indigenous perspective on the events.

Incorrect. The answer is b. Bernardino de Sahagún, a Franciscan monk, worked with indigenous partners to compile the Florentine Codex, and it contains images and text written in both Nahuatl and Spanish.

Correct. The answer is b. Bernardino de Sahagún, a Franciscan monk, worked with indigenous partners to compile the Florentine Codex, and it contains images and text written in both Nahuatl and Spanish.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The Spanish were consumed by greed and looted the storehouses. The Florentine Codex reported the Spanish reaction: “When they entered the hall of treasures, it was as if they had arrived in Paradise. They searched everywhere and coveted everything; they were slaves to their own greed.”

Correct. The answer is c. The Spanish were consumed by greed and looted the storehouses. The Florentine Codex reported the Spanish reaction: “When they entered the hall of treasures, it was as if they had arrived in Paradise. They searched everywhere and coveted everything; they were slaves to their own greed.”