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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What horror did Cortez's rule not commit?
(a) Forcing indigenous people to speak European Spanish.
(b) Complete annihilation of the native peoples.
(c) Denying the conquered people a place in society.
(d) Raping the indigenous women.

3. Aside from being an excess, what does the fiesta revolt against?
(a) Death.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Life.
(d) Form.

4. From what does a fiesta free the Mexican, in Paz's understanding?
(a) The drudgery of common living.
(b) The explosive desires he carries in his heart.
(c) The horror of human thought.
(d) The sense of unfulfilled desires.

5. Which of the following created the Spanish monarchy?
(a) Political will.
(b) Unity.
(c) Violence.
(d) Diversity.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Paz, what is the "contemporary crisis"? (Chapter Seven, page 172).

2. What did the Revolution force the Mexican people to do?

3. What is the French sociologists' interpretation of the fiesta?

4. Chapter Three begins with the great effect that fiestas and public celebrations have. What is this effect?

5. How does a man become "like the angels" (Chapter Three, page 61)?

(see the answer key)

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