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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 do a pachuco's actions and lifestyle demonstrate?
(a) His desire to return to Mexico.
(b) His dissatisfaction with North American culture.
(c) His anger at a culture that will not assimilate him.
(d) His will to remain different.

2. What analogy does Paz use to explain Mexico's history?
(a) A man searching for his parents.
(b) A child without a family.
(c) A man searching for his wife.
(d) A child without a future.

3. Above all other definitions, who is the Chingada?
(a) The representation of violated womanhood.
(b) The representation of virginity.
(c) A mythical mother.
(d) A living mother.

4. How are the evil words a sign and seal?
(a) They identify fellow Mexicans among strangers.
(b) They project the result that they will bring.
(c) They pull men out of their solitude.
(d) They seal the intention of the speaker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the pachuco present himself to the people around him?

2. What is the most valued trait in both the military and political realms?

3. When is the fiesta of Grito celebrated?

4. What connotation does the verb, chingar, carry?

5. What happens when the Mexican dissimulates?

(see the answer key)

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