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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the book's argument, what happens when a Mexican woman is passive?
(a) She embodies the ancient elements of earth, motherhood, and virginity.
(b) She comes to believe in the societal values given her.
(c) She can no longer relate to the man.
(d) She functions as a channel of the ancient elements: Earth, motherhood, and virginity.

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

4. Why did Catholicism drastically change the Aztec view of life?
(a) It placed man's salvation outside himself.
(b) It emphasized man's humanity and personhood.
(c) It placed a merciful God in charge.
(d) It saw life linearly rather than cyclically.

5. From what does a fiesta free the Mexican, in Paz's understanding?
(a) The horror of human thought.
(b) The explosive desires he carries in his heart.
(c) The drudgery of common living.
(d) The sense of unfulfilled desires.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should Mexicans recognize about their alienation from the world?

2. How did the Revolution relate to reality?

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

4. How does the philosophy of progress treat death?

5. How does Paz differentiate between views of the body in Mexico and North America?

(see the answer key)

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