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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. Paz discusses the result of persecution on the pachuco. What is that result?
(a) It strengthens his anger.
(b) It makes him stronger.
(c) It breaks his solitude.
(d) It makes him distrustful.

2. When does the pachuco become his true self?
(a) When he is in Mexico.
(b) When his life explodes.
(c) When he is surrounded by fellow Mexicans.
(d) When he is alone.

3. In contrast to the North American, what is one of the most noticeable traits about the Mexican character?
(a) His obsession with love.
(b) His acceptance of horror.
(c) His disinterest in emotional attachments.
(d) His aversion to horror.

4. In his obsession with hygiene, work, and health, what does the North American miss?
(a) True joy.
(b) All-consuming love.
(c) Truth.
(d) True anger.

5. According to Paz, how does death end when a civilization denies it?
(a) It does not end.
(b) Through the denial of life.
(c) By evading death.
(d) By living fully.

Short Answer Questions

1. On which group of people were Paz's thoughts focused?

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

3. What is the novelty of the pachuco clothing?

4. In Paz's understanding of genders, how do Mexican women become like men?

5. How does the philosophy of progress treat death?

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