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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) Life-related poetry.
(b) Religious exhortations about life.
(c) Death-related poetry.
(d) A scientific explanation of death.

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

3. Other than solitude, what does the Mexican often feel in relation to other peoples?
(a) Weakness.
(b) Inferiority.
(c) Complete isolation.
(d) Intellectualism.

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

5. Why are a woman's instincts those of a species rather than her own?
(a) As an inferior person, she does not have individual instincts.
(b) Her individual instincts are obliterated because of her proximity to the Divine.
(c) She must have instincts of the species in order to perpetuate the race.
(d) She is the incarnation of the life force, which itself is impersonal.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Paz, what is the Mexican's relationship with his fellow man?

2. Why is death a part of the fiesta (Chapter Three)?

3. What is the Spanish view of women in contrast to the Mexican?

4. What is Paz's opinion about the physical features distinguishing Mexicans from North Americans?

5. In the book's argument, what happens when a Mexican woman is passive?

(see the answer key)

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