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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. What is the Spanish view of women in contrast to the Mexican?
(a) Women are shaped by the minds of men.
(b) Women are decent and modest.
(c) Women are wild and lecherous.
(d) Women are idols.

2. Paz discusses the result of persecution on the pachuco. What is that result?
(a) It strengthens his anger.
(b) It makes him distrustful.
(c) It makes him stronger.
(d) It breaks his solitude.

3. In Paz's understanding of genders, how do Mexican women become like men?
(a) Through sacrifice.
(b) Through suffering.
(c) In love.
(d) Through self-denial.

4. Why do Mexicans tell lies (Chapter Two)?
(a) To hide themselves.
(b) To create confusion.
(c) To protect the other person.
(d) Merely for the enjoyment of it.

5. How does the pachuco present himself to the people around him?
(a) As one of the group.
(b) As a lost man.
(c) As a solitary, challenging figure.
(d) As a man searching for a home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What duality does the pachuco represent?

2. What did Paz find in the actions and faces of North Americans?

3. In his obsession with hygiene, work, and health, what does the North American miss?

4. In Paz's opinion, when is a person most likely to see himself as precious and unique?

5. What is Paz's opinion about the physical features distinguishing Mexicans from North Americans?

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