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

2. What masculine trait enters into the idea of feminine modesty?
(a) Love.
(b) Strength.
(c) Protection.
(d) Vanity.

3. In Paz's estimation, what vital word has the Mexican forgotten?
(a) The word that allows him to reach out to others.
(b) The word tying him to life forces of creativity and destruction.
(c) The word of love given to him by his mother.
(d) The word that gives him peace with all others.

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

5. Paz says that during critical moments in a nation's development, the people ask themselves a critical question. What is that question?
(a) Who are we and how can we fulfill this obligation?
(b) How do we want the future to look?
(c) Who should lead us?
(d) How can we move forward?

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the myth of the "long-suffering Mexican woman" created?

2. Why do Mexicans tell lies (Chapter Two)?

3. Other than solitude, what does the Mexican often feel in relation to other peoples?

4. Why are people sad if a person dies badly (Chapter Three)?

5. How do Mexicans perceive an opening-up of one's self?

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