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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Paz uderstands it, what is the Mexican's relation to death?
(a) Intimate and heartbreaking.
(b) Intimate but empty.
(c) Emotionally remote.
(d) Sacrificial.

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

3. According to the tribe of the Chamulas, what is a chulel?
(a) The imposition of Catholic beliefs over their native religion.
(b) The tribute paid to a god.
(c) The prayer of deliverance uttered by a warrior.
(d) A human soul residing in an animal.

4. Why did the Spaniards not exterminate the Indians after they were conquered?
(a) They needed labor.
(b) They respected the Indians.
(c) Their Catholicism prevented mass slaughter.
(d) They wanted to learn from the Indians.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the Spanish Conquest treat religion?

3. During the Revolution, whom did the intelligentsia make the focal point of its activities?

4. Where does Paz state that the Mexican's indifference hides his life force?

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

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