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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 The Conquest of Colonialism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What analogy does Paz use to explain Mexico's history?
(a) A man searching for his parents.
(b) A child without a family.
(c) A man searching for his wife.
(d) A child without a future.

2. How does a man become "like the angels" (Chapter Three, page 61)?
(a) By opening fully to death, as well as to life.
(b) By valuing life to its final moment.
(c) By running from death to an embracement of life.
(d) By entrusting everything to God.

3. What is the Spanish view of women in contrast to the Mexican?
(a) Women are wild and lecherous.
(b) Women are idols.
(c) Women are decent and modest.
(d) Women are shaped by the minds of men.

4. In contrast to the North American, what is one of the most noticeable traits about the Mexican character?
(a) His obsession with love.
(b) His disinterest in emotional attachments.
(c) His aversion to horror.
(d) His acceptance of horror.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What familial relationship does Paz equate with solitude?

2. To follow Paz's previous argument, what is the result when one Mexican confides in another?

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

4. How do Mexicans perceive an opening-up of one's self?

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

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