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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Aztec victims were sacrificed, why did their deaths lack personal meaning?
(a) No one was left to mourn for them.
(b) Any sacrifice to the gods was seen impersonally.
(c) They were at the bottom of the social scale.
(d) Their lives did not belong to them.

2. During the fiesta of Grito, why do the people shout for one hour, in Paz's interpretation?
(a) To express their rage.
(b) To express great joy.
(c) So the name of Grito cannot be heard.
(d) So they can be silent the rest of the year.

3. What was the motto of positivism?
(a) "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity".
(b) "The Spirit Shall Speak through My Race".
(c) "Love, Order, and Progress".
(d) "Thus Shall We Live".

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

5. What familial relationship does Paz equate with solitude?
(a) Having no male relatives.
(b) Being an orphan.
(c) Having no siblings.
(d) Being childless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the difference between the Mexican killer and the modern one?

2. Why have Mexican culture and politics vacillated from one extreme to another? (Chapter Seven, page 157).

3. What type of book did Xavier Villaurrutia write?

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

5. Why are people sad if a person dies badly (Chapter Three)?

(see the answer key)

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