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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. Paz states that a Mexican utters the words that are considered most evil when which of the following occurs?
(a) When he wants to invoke the evil contained in the words.
(b) When he is extremely angry.
(c) When he wants to get his point across.
(d) When he is not in control of himself.

2. In Paz's understanding of genders, how do Mexican women become like men?
(a) Through self-denial.
(b) In love.
(c) Through sacrifice.
(d) Through suffering.

3. How does the philosophy of progress treat death?
(a) It disregards death entirely.
(b) It pretends to make death disappear.
(c) It minimizes death.
(d) It treats death as one more step in life.

4. What is the Mexican concept of work?
(a) A mindless action performed quickly.
(b) A personal action handled slowly and carefully.
(c) An important action performed extremely well.
(d) An impersonal action executed carefully.

5. Why does the worker lack mystery?
(a) He is confined to a small space in the world.
(b) He is bound to time and space.
(c) He loses his communion with the Divine.
(d) He is identical to his fellow man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Indian perceive salvation? (Chapter Five).

2. Through dissimulation, what does a Mexican attempt to do?

3. According to the tribe of the Chamulas, what is a chulel?

4. Why did the Spaniards not exterminate the Indians after they were conquered?

5. How did the Spanish Conquest treat religion?

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