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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the value of Sor Juana's poem, "First Dream"?
(a) A philosophical look at Catholicism.
(b) A penetrating analysis of the effects of European influence.
(c) A comprehensive history of the Indians before Cortez.
(d) A philosophical look at the depth of reality.

2. Why were the Indians not outraged that their religions were replaced with Catholicism? (Chapter Five).
(a) Because they liked Catholicism better.
(b) Because their gods had betrayed them when Cortez attacked.
(c) Because they were not very connected to their gods.
(d) Because they had been reconnected to the world.

3. What did the Revolution force the Mexican people to do?
(a) Think about the future in global terms.
(b) Confront history and invent their future.
(c) Synthesize their colonial past with the pre-Catholicism past..
(d) Overcome the institutions of colonialism.

4. What question did Edmundo O'Gorman try to answer?
(a) What is Mexico?
(b) Where does the future lie?
(c) What comprises America?
(d) Who are the Mexicans as a people?

5. What type of book did Xavier Villaurrutia write?
(a) Life-related poetry.
(b) Religious exhortations about life.
(c) A scientific explanation of death.
(d) Death-related poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Paz's philosophy, why must Mexicans face reality alone?

2. What is the difference between the Mexican killer and the modern one?

3. What did Moctezuma think as the Spaniards approached?

4. According to Jorge Cuesta, how has Mexico created herself?

5. What is Paz's opinion about Western respect for life?

(see the answer key)

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