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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) People struggled to retain Mexican identity in a foreign land.
(c) It did not mix with the North American efficiency or precision.
(d) No one truly knew that it meant to be Mexican.

2. How does Paz differentiate between views of the body in Mexico and North America?
(a) Mexicans are ashamed of their bodies, while North Americans live with physical exuberance.
(b) Mexicans are afraid of their bodies, while North Americans are modest.
(c) Mexicans live with abandon while North Americans are prudent.
(d) Mexicans are modest, while North Americans are afraid of their bodies.

3. Why are woman considered inferior people?
(a) They are too emotionally attached.
(b) They are not as reticent as men.
(c) They are not as intelligent as men.
(d) They open themselves up in submission.

4. Why is the fiesta, at its core, a revolution?
(a) It has no regard for religious mores.
(b) It allows man to be something different.
(c) It dissolves society.
(d) Man is finally free.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the philosophy of progress treat death?

2. What is the advantage of the North American view of women in relation to the Spanish view?

3. According to Paz, what does it mean when a person is alone?

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

5. As Paz begins Chapter Two, he says that the Mexican is always afraid to glance at his neighbor. What reason does he give for that?

(see the answer key)

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