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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. Why did the sense of Mexicanism "float" in the air of Los Angeles?
(a) It was an ethereal sense of nationality.
(b) It did not mix with the North American efficiency or precision.
(c) No one truly knew that it meant to be Mexican.
(d) People struggled to retain Mexican identity in a foreign land.

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

3. Why do Mexicans tell lies (Chapter Two)?
(a) To protect the other person.
(b) To hide themselves.
(c) Merely for the enjoyment of it.
(d) To create confusion.

4. What happens when the Mexican dissimulates?
(a) He nearly ceases to exist.
(b) He becomes estranged from society.
(c) He merges with the common people.
(d) He preserves his individuality intact.

5. How did Paz consider his philosophical questions?
(a) As the only means to find answers.
(b) As meaningful only if they addressed the question of Mexican identity.
(c) As a waste of time.
(d) As an excuse for not facing reality.

Short Answer Questions

1. To follow Paz's previous argument, what is the result when one Mexican confides in another?

2. What is the advantage of the North American view of women in relation to the Spanish view?

3. Above all other definitions, who is the Chingada?

4. Why does the modern novelist rarely choose the worker as his protagonist?

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

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