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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Jorge Cuesta, how has Mexico created herself?
(a) In opposition to her past.
(b) With an eye toward preventing civil war.
(c) In agreement with her past.
(d) With no regard for the common people.

2. Why have Mexican culture and politics vacillated from one extreme to another? (Chapter Seven, page 157).
(a) Because Mexicans cannot invent their history from the beginning.
(b) Because Mexicans deny their Spanish and Indian heritage.
(c) Because there has never been a strong Mexican leader.
(d) Because Mexicans have difficulty synthesizing experiences.

3. What was the Mexican intellectual's goal?
(a) Political action.
(b) Educational reform.
(c) Cultural education.
(d) Propagation of the arts.

4. According to Paz, what is death in modern thought?
(a) The avoidable end to a wasted life.
(b) The predictable end to a natural progression.
(c) The putting to rest of all sorrow.
(d) The end of all unworthy men.

5. During the fiesta of Grito, why do the people shout for one hour, in Paz's interpretation?
(a) To express their rage.
(b) So they can be silent the rest of the year.
(c) So the name of Grito cannot be heard.
(d) To express great joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Jose Gaos' thought, what unique opportunity do young people have through their education?

2. How does the philosophy of progress treat death?

3. When is the fiesta of Grito celebrated?

4. What is the value of Sor Juana's poem, "First Dream"?

5. As Paz uderstands it, what is the Mexican's relation to death?

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