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

2. In Paz's estimation, woman is a living representation of which of the following?
(a) Life overpowered by death.
(b) Man's incomplete nature.
(c) The strangeness of the world.
(d) Life.

3. According to Paz's argument, what is the source of the North American's irritation with the pachuco?
(a) He does not know how to relate to the pachuco.
(b) He sees the pachuco as a threat to North American society.
(c) He sees the pachuco as an invader.
(d) He sees the pachuco as a mythical figure, and thus dangerous.

4. In Paz's opinion, when is a person most likely to see himself as precious and unique?
(a) At the end of his life.
(b) In childhood.
(c) When he is in love.
(d) During adolescence.

5. What duality does the pachuco represent?
(a) A victim obsessed with revenge.
(b) A clown whose purpose is terror.
(c) A fiend whose trademark is hearty laughter.
(d) A saint deeply involved in scandal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the pachuco represent in Paz's writing?

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

4. As Paz begins Chapter Two, he says that the Mexican is always afraid to glance at his neighbor. What reason does he give for that?

5. How is the myth of the "long-suffering Mexican woman" created?

(see the answer key)

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