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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What familial relationship does Paz equate with solitude?
(a) Having no siblings.
(b) Being an orphan.
(c) Being childless.
(d) Having no male relatives.

2. How did the Aztecs' final struggle manifest itself?
(a) As the last battle.
(b) In destruction of their own property.
(c) In suicide.
(d) In silence.

3. How did the Spanish Conquest treat religion?
(a) The Conquest did not relate to religion.
(b) Spain was defending the faith.
(c) Spain was protecting the Mesoamerican religions.
(d) Spain was integrating Mesoamerican religions.

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

5. According to Paz, what does it mean when a person is alone?
(a) He is inferior.
(b) He can never relate to other people.
(c) He is different.
(d) He is superior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to the former plurality of ideas and customs? (Chapter Seven).

2. During the fiesta of Grito, why do the people shout for one hour, in Paz's interpretation?

3. Why is death a part of the fiesta (Chapter Three)?

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

5. What duality does the pachuco represent?

(see the answer key)

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