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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. During the fiesta of Grito, why do the people shout for one hour, in Paz's interpretation?
(a) So the name of Grito cannot be heard.
(b) To express great joy.
(c) So they can be silent the rest of the year.
(d) To express their rage.

2. What is the Mexican concept of work?
(a) A mindless action performed quickly.
(b) A personal action handled slowly and carefully.
(c) An important action performed extremely well.
(d) An impersonal action executed carefully.

3. In Paz's understanding of genders, how do Mexican women become like men?
(a) In love.
(b) Through suffering.
(c) Through sacrifice.
(d) Through self-denial.

4. In Latin America, what was the importance of Jose Gorostiza's poem, Muerte sin Fin?
(a) It presented the best example of the Mexican fascination with horror.
(b) It was the last example of the colonial mindset.
(c) It presented the Spanish conquest through the eyes of modernity.
(d) It was the best evidence of a truly modern awareness.

5. How does solitude assume a purifying, almost purgative, quality for the Mexican?
(a) It wipes away his anger toward others.
(b) It serves to mitigate his guilt (a Catholicism concept).
(c) It concentrates the Mexican's attention on the Divine rather than on the human.
(d) It is proof of future communion with others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What masculine trait enters into the idea of feminine modesty?

2. Why does the worker lack mystery?

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

4. Why are woman considered inferior people?

5. According to Paz, how does death end when a civilization denies it?

(see the answer key)

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