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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Paz sees that Mexicans return to their tradition, what do they remember?
(a) That their tradition is rooted in conquest and slavery.
(b) That they do not belong to a greater universal tradition.
(c) That their tradition is mostly Indian.
(d) That they are part of Spain's tradition.

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

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

5. Why are people sad if a person dies badly (Chapter Three)?
(a) There will be no rest for his soul.
(b) There is no honor in an untoward death.
(c) The life is less important than the death.
(d) The death should reflect the life.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to Paz, how does death end when a civilization denies it?

4. What did Manuel Gomez-Morin accomplish for the Revolution?

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

(see the answer key)

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