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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 the novelty of the pachuco clothing?
(a) Its disregard for current fashion.
(b) Its impracticality.
(c) Its exaggeration.
(d) Its colors.

2. What type of book did Xavier Villaurrutia write?
(a) Religious exhortations about life.
(b) A scientific explanation of death.
(c) Life-related poetry.
(d) Death-related poetry.

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

4. What does the Mexican value in art, religion, and politics?
(a) Originality.
(b) Equality.
(c) Purity.
(d) Form.

5. What is the most valued trait in both the military and political realms?
(a) Valor.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Courage.
(d) Stoicism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What duality does the pachuco represent?

3. In Paz's estimation, woman is a living representation of which of the following?

4. How did the Independence movement begin in South America?

5. Which of the following created the Spanish monarchy?

(see the answer key)

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