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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 From Independence to the Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Paz's opinion about Western respect for life?
(a) It is not convincing.
(b) It is either hypocritical or incomplete.
(c) It is truthful and realistic.
(d) It illustrates man's limitations.

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

3. Why does the worker lack mystery?
(a) He is confined to a small space in the world.
(b) He is identical to his fellow man.
(c) He loses his communion with the Divine.
(d) He is bound to time and space.

4. What event precipitated Spain's complete loss of power?
(a) The loss of her naval supremacy.
(b) Mexico's revolt against her.
(c) Her faith losing all potency.
(d) Her strong monarch's death.

5. What masculine trait enters into the idea of feminine modesty?
(a) Strength.
(b) Protection.
(c) Love.
(d) Vanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is a study of colonialism important in understanding Mexican history?

2. What does Paz deem to be the first and most serious change that a man endures when he becomes a worker?

3. In Paz's example of the village near Mitla, how is their yearly income spent?

4. Why are woman considered inferior people?

5. What model do Mexicans prefer that the woman follow?

(see the answer key)

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