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Study Guide Answers

Directions:     Match the description to the person or term.

A. A master of Latin rhetoric or his son of the same name, who was a stoic philosopher
B. Aragonese poet famous for his witty Latin epigrams
C. Twelfth Century Muslim philosopher from Córdoba who introduced Aristotle to the West
D. The center of scholarship in Muslim Spain
E. Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar
F. Thirteenth Century center of Spanish culture under Alfonso el Sabio
G. Archpriest of Hita and author of the Libro de Buen Amor
H. Fifteenth Century author of an elegy on the death of his father
I. Prose romance in dramatic form that deals with a manipulative old woman
J. Dominican friar who wrote in defense of Native Americans during the days of the Spanish conquest
K. Spanish poet whose use of Italian Renaissance styles inaugurated a literary Golden Age
L. Spanish Baroque poet who advocated dense, rich poetry
M. Poet whose elaborate metaphors created a style known as conceptismo
N. Author of Don Quixote , one of the masterpieces of world literature
O. Dramatist once called the "Monstruo de Natura" because of his tremendous output
P. Golden Age dramatist who wrote Life Is a Dream
Q. Home of Santa Teresa and her follower, San Juan de la Cruz
R. 19th Century Galician author who wrote in Galician and Spanish
S. Poet of Spain's Generation of '98 who wrote of Andalusia and Castille
T. Author of Platero y Yo , about a man's adventures with his donkey
U. Murcian farm laborer who taught himself poetry; he died as a result of the Spanish Civil War
V. Granada's great 20th Century poet, famous for capturing the passionate spirit of Andalusia
W. Essayist and philosopher who chose exile rather than life in Franco's Spain
X. Bombed-out town that has been left standing in ruins as a reminder of destruction that resulted from the Spanish Civil War
Y. José Martínez Ruiz, 20th Century novelist
     Anser Key
1.     _____ Juan Ruiz
     G
2.     _____ Francisco Quevedo
     M
3.     _____ Ávila
     Q
4.     _____ Bartolomé de las Casas
     J
5.     _____ Averroës
     C
6.     _____ Juan Ramón Jiménez
     T
7.     _____ Jorge Manrique
     H
8.     _____ Federico García Lorca
     V
9.     _____ Córdoba
     D
10.     _____ Lope de Vega
     O
11.     _____ Cervantes
     N
12.     _____ Seneca
     A
13.     _____ José Ortega y Gasset
     W
14.     _____ Rosalia Castro
     R
15.     _____ La Celestina
     I
16.     ____ Garcilaso de la Vega
     K
17.     _____ El Cid
     E
18.     _____ Miguel Hernández
     U
19.     ____ Belcite
     X
20.     _____ Martial
     B
21.     _____ Antonio Machado
     S
22.     _____ Góngora
     L
23.     ____ Azorín
     Y
24.     _____ Toledo
     F
25.     ____ Calderón de la Barca
     P
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