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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 The Sons of La Malinche.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Paz first arrived in the United States, what surprised him most about the people?
(a) Their confidence in the future of the nation.
(b) Their lack of openness.
(c) Their confidence and self-assurance.
(d) Their honesty and sense of community.

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

3. Above all other definitions, who is the Chingada?
(a) A living mother.
(b) The representation of virginity.
(c) The representation of violated womanhood.
(d) A mythical mother.

4. According to Paz, how does death end when a civilization denies it?
(a) Through the denial of life.
(b) It does not end.
(c) By evading death.
(d) By living fully.

5. What is the novelty of the pachuco clothing?
(a) Its disregard for current fashion.
(b) Its exaggeration.
(c) Its impracticality.
(d) Its colors.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Paz's estimation, what vital word has the Mexican forgotten?

2. What makes the foreigner skeptical about Mexicans (Chapter Four)?

3. Paz discusses the result of persecution on the pachuco. What is that result?

4. What does the pachuco represent in Paz's writing?

5. In their relation to their world, to whom does Paz compare Mexicans?

(see the answer key)

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