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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 The Sons of La Malinche.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the French sociologists' interpretation of the fiesta?
(a) The people's disregard for obligations enhances their sense of time.
(b) The people's squandering of money appeases the gods.
(c) The people's disregard for death increases their sense of life.
(d) The people's misunderstanding of life increases their desire for death.

2. What mentality does Paz attribute to the Mexican?
(a) Servant.
(b) Master.
(c) Leader.
(d) Victim.

3. In the book's argument, what happens when a Mexican woman is passive?
(a) She embodies the ancient elements of earth, motherhood, and virginity.
(b) She comes to believe in the societal values given her.
(c) She functions as a channel of the ancient elements: Earth, motherhood, and virginity.
(d) She can no longer relate to the man.

4. Why does the modern novelist rarely choose the worker as his protagonist?
(a) The worker cannot adequately capture what the novelist wants to convey.
(b) The worker is not modern enough.
(c) The worker is too recent and similar to his boss.
(d) The worker is not a universal figure.

5. According to Paz, what is death in modern thought?
(a) The predictable end to a natural progression.
(b) The end of all unworthy men.
(c) The putting to rest of all sorrow.
(d) The avoidable end to a wasted life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Mexican value in art, religion, and politics?

2. What do a pachuco's actions and lifestyle demonstrate?

3. What type of book did Xavier Villaurrutia write?

4. When Aztec victims were sacrificed, why did their deaths lack personal meaning?

5. To follow Paz's previous argument, what is the result when one Mexican confides in another?

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