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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does a man become "like the angels" (Chapter Three, page 61)?
(a) By entrusting everything to God.
(b) By opening fully to death, as well as to life.
(c) By running from death to an embracement of life.
(d) By valuing life to its final moment.

2. Why are people sad if a person dies badly (Chapter Three)?
(a) The death should reflect the life.
(b) There is no honor in an untoward death.
(c) There will be no rest for his soul.
(d) The life is less important than the death.

3. As Paz uderstands it, what is the Mexican's relation to death?
(a) Sacrificial.
(b) Intimate and heartbreaking.
(c) Intimate but empty.
(d) Emotionally remote.

4. What did the Spaniards find when they arrived in South America?
(a) Autonomous, refined civilizations.
(b) A single ruling power.
(c) Uneducated, struggling clans.
(d) Scattered groups of people.

5. Who were the last people to enter the Valley of Mexico?
(a) Mexicans.
(b) Aztecs.
(c) Spaniards.
(d) Nahuatls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following contributed to making colonialism alive and relevant?

2. According to Jorge Cuesta, how has Mexico created herself?

3. In Paz's example of the village near Mitla, how is their yearly income spent?

4. According to Paz, who is most fascinated by death?

5. Where does Paz state that the Mexican's indifference hides his life force?

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