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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 does the pachuco present himself to the people around him?
(a) As a man searching for a home.
(b) As a lost man.
(c) As one of the group.
(d) As a solitary, challenging figure.

2. During the fiesta of Grito, why do the people shout for one hour, in Paz's interpretation?
(a) So the name of Grito cannot be heard.
(b) To express great joy.
(c) So they can be silent the rest of the year.
(d) To express their rage.

3. According to Paz, what is the Mexican's relationship with his fellow man?
(a) He respects him only if he is revered.
(b) He changes him to Nobody.
(c) He respects him only if they are the same social class.
(d) He ignores him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What analogy does Paz use to explain Mexico's history?

2. As the closure to Chapter Two, the reader sees what shadow spreading out over Mexico?

3. In Latin America, what was the importance of Jose Gorostiza's poem, Muerte sin Fin?

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

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

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