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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. How did Paz consider his philosophical questions?
(a) As the only means to find answers.
(b) As a waste of time.
(c) As meaningful only if they addressed the question of Mexican identity.
(d) As an excuse for not facing reality.

2. What is the most valued trait in both the military and political realms?
(a) Valor.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Stoicism.
(d) Courage.

3. What is Paz's opinion about Western respect for life?
(a) It is not convincing.
(b) It illustrates man's limitations.
(c) It is either hypocritical or incomplete.
(d) It is truthful and realistic.

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

5. What happens when the Mexican dissimulates?
(a) He preserves his individuality intact.
(b) He becomes estranged from society.
(c) He merges with the common people.
(d) He nearly ceases to exist.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the French sociologists' interpretation of the fiesta?

3. What is Paz's opinion about the physical features distinguishing Mexicans from North Americans?

4. Why did the sense of Mexicanism "float" in the air of Los Angeles?

5. Aside from being an excess, what does the fiesta revolt against?

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