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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Day of the Dead.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Paz says that during critical moments in a nation's development, the people ask themselves a critical question. What is that question?
(a) Who are we and how can we fulfill this obligation?
(b) Who should lead us?
(c) How can we move forward?
(d) How do we want the future to look?

2. What analogy does Paz use to explain Mexico's history?
(a) A man searching for his parents.
(b) A man searching for his wife.
(c) A child without a future.
(d) A child without a family.

3. In Paz's estimation, what vital word has the Mexican forgotten?
(a) The word that allows him to reach out to others.
(b) The word tying him to life forces of creativity and destruction.
(c) The word of love given to him by his mother.
(d) The word that gives him peace with all others.

4. Chapter Three begins with the great effect that fiestas and public celebrations have. What is this effect?
(a) They stop the flow of time.
(b) They increase man's sense of his mortality.
(c) They bring people together with unusual dynamics.
(d) They emphasize man's individuality.

5. According to Paz, why does the liar tell lies to himself?
(a) He is afraid of himself.
(b) He does not know the truth.
(c) He is afraid of finding truth in other people.
(d) He is afraid of the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Paz, what is the Mexican's relationship with his fellow man?

2. How is the myth of the "long-suffering Mexican woman" created?

3. How does solitude assume a purifying, almost purgative, quality for the Mexican?

4. What familial relationship does Paz equate with solitude?

5. What is the novelty of the pachuco clothing?

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