Q 01/05

In which city was Simón Bolívar born in 1783?

A) Bogotá

B) Lima

C) Quito

D) Caracas

Answer · why

D) Caracas

He was the youngest of four children of one of the richest creole families in Spanish America.

Q 02/05

By what title is Bolívar known colloquially across Latin America?

A) El Padre

B) El Caudillo

C) El Libertador

D) El Generalísimo

Answer · why

C) El Libertador

The town of Mérida gave him the title first, in May 1813.

Q 03/05

Which nation is named after Bolívar?

A) Bolivia

B) Ecuador

C) Colombia

D) Panama

Answer · why

A) Bolivia

Its founders declared: 'If from Romulus, Rome; from Bolívar, it is Bolivia.'

Q 04/05

Who raised the orphaned young Bolívar and was regarded by him as both mother and father?

A) His grandmother

B) The enslaved Hipólita

C) A Jesuit priest

D) His uncle Carlos Palacios

Answer · why

B) The enslaved Hipólita

His father died when he was two and his mother when he was eight, both of tuberculosis.

Q 05/05

Which Venezuelan educator and follower of Rousseau tutored the young Bolívar?

A) Miguel José Sanz

B) Simón Rodríguez

C) Andrés Bello

D) Francisco de Miranda

Answer · why

B) Simón Rodríguez

Years later he joined Bolívar on his Grand Tour and witnessed the oath in Rome.