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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. Paz says that during critical moments in a nation's development, the people ask themselves a critical question. What is that question?
(a) Who are we and how can we fulfill this obligation?
(b) How can we move forward?
(c) Who should lead us?
(d) How do we want the future to look?

2. Why is death a part of the fiesta (Chapter Three)?
(a) Because the Mexican seeks to escape from himself.
(b) Because Mexico celebrates all aspects of life, even the end.
(c) Because people often get drunk and violent.
(d) Because exuberant death is honorable.

3. As the closure to Chapter Two, the reader sees what shadow spreading out over Mexico?
(a) The shadow of dissimulation.
(b) The shadow of truth.
(c) The shadow of Catholicism.
(d) The shadow of Nobody.

4. Aside from being an excess, what does the fiesta revolt against?
(a) Death.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Form.
(d) Life.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On which group of people were Paz's thoughts focused?

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

4. How does a man become "like the angels" (Chapter Three, page 61)?

5. In Paz's estimation, what vital word has the Mexican forgotten?

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