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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In Asia and Africa, what two seemingly-contradictory ideologies are being used?
(a) Revolutionary aspiration and nationalism.
(b) Colonial past and nationalism.
(c) World power and individualism.
(d) Future dreams and individualism.
2. As Paz uderstands it, what is the Mexican's relation to death?
(a) Sacrificial.
(b) Intimate but empty.
(c) Intimate and heartbreaking.
(d) Emotionally remote.
3. According to Paz, what is the "contemporary crisis"? (Chapter Seven, page 172).
(a) The crisis of self-identity sweeping South America.
(b) The struggle between two diverse cultures.
(c) A struggle within a culture that no longer has any rivals.
(d) The difficulty of Mexico relating to the advancing western world.
4. During the Revolution, whom did the intelligentsia make the focal point of its activities?
(a) Their new leaders.
(b) The new poets.
(c) Itself.
(d) The common people.
5. How does solitude assume a purifying, almost purgative, quality for the Mexican?
(a) It is proof of future communion with others.
(b) It serves to mitigate his guilt (a Catholicism concept).
(c) It wipes away his anger toward others.
(d) It concentrates the Mexican's attention on the Divine rather than on the human.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was Emiliano Zapata?
2. What makes the foreigner skeptical about Mexicans (Chapter Four)?
3. What do a pachuco's actions and lifestyle demonstrate?
4. How does the philosophy of progress treat death?
5. According to Jorge Cuesta, how has Mexico created herself?
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