Question

A key text that Christopher Columbus referred to often to convince the Spanish monarchs of the profitability of his proposed journey West was Marco Polo's diary. True False

The poem "Audition", by Julia Alverez, is suggestive of a colonial ambiance because of a. the absence of young working men to provide for their wives and families. b. the nearly total control Julia's mother has over the young woman hired as a servant, much like a master would have over an indentured servant or a slave. c. the young would-be servant girl's rural poverty and need to get work in the city. d. the remoteness of the village Julia and her mother visit and the primitive ways women in the area must do their domestics shores.
In Albert Memmi's view (The Colonizer and the Colonized), colonized people have two options: to assimilate and become as much as possible like the colonizer or a. to leave the colony. b. to negotiate and compromise with the colonizer in an effort to avoid violence and destruction. c. to rebel against the colony. d. to work within the system to change it.

Answer 1

The statement "A key text that Christopher Columbus referred to often to convince the Spanish monarchs of the profitability of his proposed journey West was Marco Polo's diary" is false. Christopher Columbus did not refer to Marco Polo's diary to convince the Spanish monarchs of the profitability of his proposed journey West. He primarily relied on his own calculations and interpretations of various sources, including the Bible, geographical texts, and his own experiences as a sailor.

Regarding the poem "Audition" by Julia Alvarez, none of the options provided (a, b, c, d) are explicitly mentioned in the poem. Without further context or specific information from the poem, it is difficult to determine which option is the most suitable answer.

In Albert Memmi's book "The Colonizer and the Colonized," the view presented is that colonized people have two options: to assimilate and become as much as possible like the colonizer or to rebel against the colony. Therefore, the correct answer would be option c, "to rebel against the colony."