The Labyrinth of Solitude: Life and Thought in Mexico Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Mid-Book Test (up to Chapter 5 The Conquest of Colonialism)

This test consists of 5 multiple choice, 5 short answer, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

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

2. According to Paz, what philosophical fact defines much of Mexico's history?
a) The people adopted some ideas and invented others.
b) They overturned several of Spain's philosophical treatises.
c) The people adopted ideas, but did not invent their own.
d) They had only two great thinkers.

3. What does the pachuco represent in Paz's writing?
a) One step along the path that a Mexican can...
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