The Labyrinth of Solitude: Life and Thought in Mexico Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

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The Labyrinth of Solitude: Life and Thought in Mexico Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

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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. What is the most valued trait in both the military and political realms?
(a) Stoicism.
(b) Courage.
(c) Valor.
(d) Kindness.

2. What does the Mexican value in art, religion, and politics?
(a) Equality.
(b) Purity.
(c) Originality.
(d) Form.

3. Through dissimulation, what does a Mexican attempt to do?
(a) Become himself in contradistinction to others.
(b) Withdraw from society to save his individuality.
(c) Become invisible and save his individuality.
(d) Share his individuality with others to make it real.

4. As Paz uderstands it, what is the Mexican's relation to death?
(a) Intimate and heartbreaking.
(b) Intimate but empty.
(c) Sacrificial.
(d) Emotionally remote.

5. To follow Paz's previous argument, what is the result when one Mexican confides in another?
(a) Affection.
(b) Dishonor.
(c) Alienation.
(d) Sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Paz's thought, what does a study of the great myths reveal?

2. How do Mexicans avoid the dangers of romantic relationships, according to Paz?

3. When Aztec victims were sacrificed, why did their deaths lack personal meaning?

4. How did Paz consider his philosophical questions?

5. What familial relationship does Paz equate with solitude?

(see the answer key)

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