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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Mexican intellectual's goal?
(a) Educational reform.
(b) Propagation of the arts.
(c) Cultural education.
(d) Political action.

2. According to the tribe of the Chamulas, what is a chulel?
(a) A human soul residing in an animal.
(b) The prayer of deliverance uttered by a warrior.
(c) The imposition of Catholic beliefs over their native religion.
(d) The tribute paid to a god.

3. Which of the following created the Spanish monarchy?
(a) Political will.
(b) Unity.
(c) Diversity.
(d) Violence.

4. What did the Revolution force the Mexican people to do?
(a) Synthesize their colonial past with the pre-Catholicism past..
(b) Think about the future in global terms.
(c) Overcome the institutions of colonialism.
(d) Confront history and invent their future.

5. What was the purpose of the publishing house Fondo de Cultura Economica?
(a) To print books as cheaply as possible.
(b) To print texts about Mexican life and culture.
(c) To act as a façade for Revolutionary pamphlets.
(d) To print texts about economics for South Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Spaniards not exterminate the Indians after they were conquered?

2. Why were the Indians not outraged that their religions were replaced with Catholicism? (Chapter Five).

3. During the Revolution, whom did the intelligentsia make the focal point of its activities?

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

5. When Paz sees that Mexicans return to their tradition, what do they remember?

(see the answer key)

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