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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 Mexican Masks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Mexicans avoid the dangers of romantic relationships, according to Paz?
(a) By exaggerating their feelings.
(b) By not truly loving.
(c) By stifling their feelings.
(d) By denying the importance of the other.

2. What did Paz find in the actions and faces of North Americans?
(a) A fear about the survival of their society.
(b) A faith in their society and confidence in its survival.
(c) An unrealistic optimism about the future.
(d) A faith in man's intrinsic goodness and its effects on their culture.

3. What happens when the Mexican dissimulates?
(a) He merges with the common people.
(b) He becomes estranged from society.
(c) He preserves his individuality intact.
(d) He nearly ceases to exist.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are woman considered inferior people?

2. Paz says that during critical moments in a nation's development, the people ask themselves a critical question. What is that question?

3. What is the Spanish view of women in contrast to the Mexican?

4. To follow Paz's previous argument, what is the result when one Mexican confides in another?

5. According to Paz's argument, what is the source of the North American's irritation with the pachuco?

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