Q 01/05

One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by an author from which country?

A) Argentina

B) Colombia

C) Mexico

D) Peru

Answer · why

B) Colombia

Gabriel García Márquez was born in the country's Caribbean region in 1927.

Q 02/05

Which real Colombian town, the author's birthplace, inspired the fictional Macondo?

A) Cartagena

B) Aracataca

C) Riohacha

D) Ciénaga

Answer · why

B) Aracataca

He spent his childhood there in his grandparents' house.

Q 03/05

How many generations of the Buendía family does the novel follow?

A) 5

B) 6

C) 7

D) 8

Answer · why

C) 7

The names José Arcadio and Aureliano recur through every generation.

Q 04/05

In which year was the novel first published?

A) 1960

B) 1963

C) 1965

D) 1967

Answer · why

D) 1967

It appeared in Buenos Aires in May of that year.

Q 05/05

Roughly how many copies has the novel sold worldwide?

A) 50 million

B) 80 million

C) 120 million

D) 150 million

Answer · why

A) 50 million

It has been translated into 46 languages.