Q 01/05

Isabel Allende is a writer of which dual nationality?

A) Peruvian-Spanish

B) Chilean-American

C) Argentine-American

D) Chilean-Venezuelan

Answer · why

B) Chilean-American

She has lived in California since 1989 and became a US citizen in 1993.

Q 02/05

Allende's debut novel The House of the Spirits was published in what year?

A) 1985

B) 1982

C) 1988

D) 1991

Answer · why

B) 1982

It began as a letter to her dying 99-year-old grandfather.

Q 03/05

In which city was Isabel Allende born in 1942?

A) Santiago

B) Lima

C) Caracas

D) Buenos Aires

Answer · why

B) Lima

Her father was then second secretary at the Chilean embassy there.

Q 04/05

How was Isabel Allende related to Chilean president Salvador Allende?

A) She was his niece

B) Her father was his first cousin

C) She was his granddaughter

D) She was his goddaughter

Answer · why

B) Her father was his first cousin

She has regularly defended his record and calls Kissinger a war criminal for the 1973 coup.

Q 05/05

After the 1973 coup, Allende fled Chile and spent 13 years in exile in which country?

A) Mexico

B) Venezuela

C) Spain

D) Argentina

Answer · why

B) Venezuela

She wrote her debut novel there and worked as a columnist for El Nacional.