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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Day of the Dead.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the sense of Mexicanism "float" in the air of Los Angeles?
(a) It was an ethereal sense of nationality.
(b) No one truly knew that it meant to be Mexican.
(c) It did not mix with the North American efficiency or precision.
(d) People struggled to retain Mexican identity in a foreign land.

2. Why are a woman's instincts those of a species rather than her own?
(a) She must have instincts of the species in order to perpetuate the race.
(b) Her individual instincts are obliterated because of her proximity to the Divine.
(c) She is the incarnation of the life force, which itself is impersonal.
(d) As an inferior person, she does not have individual instincts.

3. What did Paz find in the actions and faces of North Americans?
(a) An unrealistic optimism about the future.
(b) A faith in man's intrinsic goodness and its effects on their culture.
(c) A fear about the survival of their society.
(d) A faith in their society and confidence in its survival.

4. In Paz's example of the village near Mitla, how is their yearly income spent?
(a) On funerals.
(b) On weddings and christenings.
(c) On education.
(d) On fiestas.

5. As explained in Chapter One, who are the pachucos?
(a) Old men who no longer have a connection to their native land.
(b) Old men who keep the memory of Mexico alive in their grandchildren who were born in the United States.
(c) Rebellious youths who are not assimilated into North American culture.
(d) Young men who leave Mexico for the United States hoping for a better life.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What familial relationship does Paz equate with solitude?

4. What type of book did Xavier Villaurrutia write?

5. According to Paz, what is the Mexican's relationship with his fellow man?

(see the answer key)

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