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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What economic goal did the Revolution have?
2. What happened to the people annexed by greater world powers?
3. Which of the following created the Spanish monarchy?
4. What was Vasconcelos' philosophy regarding the material world?
5. On what does Paz blame "the rather zigzag progress of the state"? Chapter Eight, page 181).
Short Essay Questions
1. What role did religion play in ancient South American cultures? Did Catholicism change that role?
2. Why could Mexico not have progressed as far as she has today if she were working within capitalism?
3. What role did Jose Vasconcelos play in modern education? From Paz's descriptions, what is his opinion of Vasconcelos?
4. When did Independence begin in Mexico? How was it similar to or different from the Conquest?
5. What is Paz's definition of "community"? How is that definition knowingly idealistic?
6. Why was the Aztec nation able to unify so many diverse tribes? How were they quite skilled with that type of action?
7. Despite Mexico's advancements, where does she still stand on the world spectrum? How can she change her placement?
8. How does Paz define "Mexicanism"? How does it mesh with the individual whom he had described earlier?
9. What role did Catholicism play in the lives of the conquering Spaniards? Was that role contradictory?
10. What did Article 3 of the new Constitution mandate? What troubles did that Article cause?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What dualities did Sor Juana represent (philosophical, religious, gender-based)? What lasting influence did she have?
Essay Topic 2
When does a Mexican come into conflict with his fellow man, especially another Mexican? What are the facets of the clash? How is it resolved?
Essay Topic 3
What is the Mexican view of privacy? Why does Paz defend it at such cost? What part does lying play in his defense? Is that accepted?
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