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71. This passage is probably
(A)
an interview
(B) a dialogue in a novel
(C) a letter from one author to another
(D) a page from a diary
72. According to Amado, why doesn’t Latin American literature exist?
(A) The works are not all written in Spanish.
(B) There are military dictatorships in Latin America.
(C) The public is not interested in Latin American literature.
(D)
The countries of Latin America are too different.

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■ SAT II Subject Tests
73. According to Amado, what unifies the Latin American countries?
(A) They all have Spanish as an official language.
(B) The cultures come from the Indians and the Spanish.
(C)
They suffer misery and oppression.
(D) They are opposed to colonialism.
74. What do Latin American writers have in common?
(A) They are generally educated in Europe.
(B) They are published in more than 60 countries.
(C)
They are writing about social problems.
(D) They are colonialists.
Few know that in the middle of the 16th century, a great number of extraordinarily talented men
moved from Europe to the New World; to Mexico and Peru, the two oldest and richest Spanish colonies
where 20,000 monasteries and 70,000 churches required the work of painters and sculptors. Colonial
Spanish art was affected by the new styles in vogue in Europe. The lack of appreciation of this art was
due to the fact that the majority of it was religious and created for religious institutions or for the homes
of men whose lives were governed by the Catholic calendar. Also, the most cultured Europeans didn’t
travel much. But this is part of the problem. The true problem is that no one knows enough about
colonial Spanish art to appreciate it. In actuality, a work of art attributed to a secondary European school
attracts more attention than an important work done by a master of the New World. The frequency with
which these works are erroneously attributed to great European masters is a proof of their quality.