Praxis Spanish World Language (5195)
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10 sample questions for the Praxis Spanish World Language (5195), with the correct answer and an explanation for each. No account needed. Try each one before you open the answer.
Sections covered on the exam: Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking, Cultural Knowledge.
Question 1 · Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking
Answer: B. Informar sobre el cierre de las fiestas y su balance
The bulletin reports on the final night ("despidió anoche sus Fallas con la tradicional cremà"), the prize winner, the safety record and the pardoned figure, so it informs about the close of the festival and its outcome. "Denunciar la falta de seguridad" is tempting because injuries are mentioned, but the newscaster calls the safety record positive.
Question 2 · Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking
Answer: D. Porque en su ciudad se suele cenar mucho más tarde
Lucía reacts with "¡Aquí nadie cena a esa hora!" and plans tapas first and dinner "sobre las diez," reflecting the late Spanish dinner schedule. They ate lunch, not dinner, at three, and she proposes going out to a tavern, so the taverns are open.
Question 3 · Cultural Knowledge
Answer: D. Surgió en el oriente de Cuba y fusiona raíces españolas y africanas
Son arose in eastern Cuba (Oriente) and blends Spanish elements such as the guitar-derived tres and sung verses with African rhythm and percussion; it later spread to Havana and became a foundation of salsa. Salsa, not son, took shape in New York in the 1960s and 1970s, and the quena and charango belong to Andean music.
Question 4 · Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking
Answer: A. Al-Andalus y la Alhambra: historia y legado de una civilización
The text moves from the history of Al-Andalus to the Alhambra and ends with the Andalusí legacy in farming, food and vocabulary, so the title naming the history and legacy of the civilization covers it all. The Catholic Monarchs did not build the Alhambra; the Nasrids did. The Caliphate of Córdoba gets only one sentence, and the text is not a practical visitor's guide.
Question 5 · Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking
Answer: A. Muestran el interés de la pareja por las raíces indígenas de México
The panel presents the collection as proof that "la pareja compartía el interés por las raíces indígenas", alongside Frida's Tehuana dresses. The "whole collection" option contradicts "parte de la cual puede verse en el jardín", which means only part is displayed. The pieces are pre-Hispanic, so Frida did not make them, and no government gift is mentioned.
Question 6 · Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking
Answer: C. Los preparativos de una gran fiesta andina y las tensiones que genera
The bulletin covers hotel occupancy, transport, rehearsals and a complaint about ticket prices before the Inti Raymi, so «Los preparativos de una gran fiesta andina y las tensiones que genera» sums it up. The cold is mentioned only as advice to bring a coat, and Quechua is promoted among local youth, not taught to tourists.
Question 7 · Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking
Answer: C. Las actividades para familias se harán en otro edificio
The announcement says that «en caso de lluvia, los talleres se trasladarán a la Casa de la Cultura», so the family workshops move indoors. Nothing suggests postponing the march or cancelling the workshops.
Question 8 · Cultural Knowledge
Answer: B. An Afro-Uruguayan drumming tradition created by Africans and their descendants
Candombe grew from the music of enslaved Africans and their descendants in Montevideo, especially in the Sur and Palermo neighborhoods, and is played by comparsas with three drums: chico , repique and piano . UNESCO lists it as Intangible Cultural Heritage. The gaucho guitar song describes the payada , a different Southern Cone tradition.
Question 9 · Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking
Answer: B. El Tahuantinsuyo: organización y legado de los incas
The article covers the empire's extent, administration, economy, fall and linguistic legacy, so a broad title about the Tahuantinsuyo fits best. Machu Picchu and Pizarro appear in single sentences only, and the text explicitly says the Incas had no alphabetic writing, so calling the quipus an alphabet contradicts it.
Question 10 · Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking
Answer: A. Fueron para él un lugar de trabajo y, a la vez, un símbolo literario
Borges worked as a librarian and directed Argentina's National Library, and he also turned «las bibliotecas infinitas» into metaphors of the universe, so libraries were both workplace and literary symbol. The text says he directed the National Library, not that he founded one, and it explicitly links these images to his short stories.
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