Read the following sentences from the text.

“[Boari] also included a sculpture of an eagle eating a snake on the building’s highest dome. This image is on the Mexican flag. It symbolizes an Aztec legend. The Aztecs were an ancient Indigenous civilization in central Mexico that developed complex political and social systems…Mariscal also took inspiration from ancient Mesoamerican architecture. This style refers to architectural traditions of Native people of North, Central, and South America before the arrival of Europeans.”

What can you conclude about the architecture of the Palace of Fine Arts based on this information?


A. Its design has a continuous theme of imagery from Indigenous people, despite it being designed by two different architects.

B. Its design has many different influences from around the world, mostly from Europe and Asia.

C. The architecture of the building changed dramatically from one architect to the next with no common themes.

D. The first architect of the building was inspired by Indigenous imagery, while the second architect was not.

1 answer

A. Its design has a continuous theme of imagery from Indigenous people, despite it being designed by two different architects.