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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 type of book did Xavier Villaurrutia write?
(a) Religious exhortations about life.
(b) A scientific explanation of death.
(c) Death-related poetry.
(d) Life-related poetry.

2. As Paz uderstands it, what is the Mexican's relation to death?
(a) Emotionally remote.
(b) Intimate but empty.
(c) Sacrificial.
(d) Intimate and heartbreaking.

3. What familial relationship does Paz equate with solitude?
(a) Having no male relatives.
(b) Being an orphan.
(c) Having no siblings.
(d) Being childless.

4. Through dissimulation, what does a Mexican attempt to do?
(a) Share his individuality with others to make it real.
(b) Become invisible and save his individuality.
(c) Become himself in contradistinction to others.
(d) Withdraw from society to save his individuality.

5. What is Paz's opinion about the physical features distinguishing Mexicans from North Americans?
(a) They are more important than commonly believed.
(b) They are not as important as commonly believed.
(c) People are too distracted by them.
(d) People do not understand their significance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the sense of Mexicanism "float" in the air of Los Angeles?

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

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

4. When is the fiesta of Grito celebrated?

5. What is Paz's opinion about Western respect for life?

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