In this story, the phrase “Red… Red…” describes the stupefaction of a group of four “idiots” by the title object. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this story in which Mazzini and Berta’s youngest child is killed by her mentally impaired brothers.
ANSWER: “The Decapitated Chicken” [or “La gallina degollada”]
[10m] The author of “The Decapitated Chicken,” Horacio Quiroga (“oh-RAH-see-yo kee-RO-ga”), was born in this country. This country’s author Eduardo Galeano wrote The Memory of Fire trilogy and The Open Veins of Latin America.
ANSWER: Uruguay [or Oriental Republic of Uruguay; or República Oriental del Uruguay]
[10e] A section of Galeano’s Memory of Fire records a “song of the shield” written by a person from this empire. This empire’s Indigenous poets included Nezahualcoyotl and the Nahuatl-speaking authors of Texcoco School codices.
ANSWER: Aztec Empire [or Mexicas; accept Triple Alliance]
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