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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 Mexican Masks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Other than solitude, what does the Mexican often feel in relation to other peoples?
(a) Intellectualism.
(b) Inferiority.
(c) Weakness.
(d) Complete isolation.

2. According to Paz, why does the liar tell lies to himself?
(a) He is afraid of himself.
(b) He is afraid of finding truth in other people.
(c) He does not know the truth.
(d) He is afraid of the world.

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

4. As the closure to Chapter Two, the reader sees what shadow spreading out over Mexico?
(a) The shadow of dissimulation.
(b) The shadow of Catholicism.
(c) The shadow of truth.
(d) The shadow of Nobody.

5. To follow Paz's previous argument, what is the result when one Mexican confides in another?
(a) Alienation.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Dishonor.
(d) Affection.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Mexicans avoid the dangers of romantic relationships, according to Paz?

2. What is the most valued trait in both the military and political realms?

3. Why are a woman's instincts those of a species rather than her own?

4. Paz says that during critical moments in a nation's development, the people ask themselves a critical question. What is that question?

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

(see the answer key)

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