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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Aztecs' final struggle manifest itself?
(a) As the last battle.
(b) In silence.
(c) In suicide.
(d) In destruction of their own property.

2. What was the motto of positivism?
(a) "Thus Shall We Live".
(b) "The Spirit Shall Speak through My Race".
(c) "Love, Order, and Progress".
(d) "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity".

3. How did the Spanish Conquest treat religion?
(a) Spain was protecting the Mesoamerican religions.
(b) Spain was integrating Mesoamerican religions.
(c) Spain was defending the faith.
(d) The Conquest did not relate to religion.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is death a part of the fiesta (Chapter Three)?

2. How does the philosophy of progress treat death?

3. Why does poetry tend to eradicate history? (Chapter Seven).

4. What did the Spaniards find when they arrived in South America?

5. According to Paz, what philosophical fact defines much of Mexico's history?

(see the answer key)

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