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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does poetry tend to eradicate history? (Chapter Seven).
(a) Because it does not understand history.
(b) Because it disdains history.
(c) Because it attempts to explicate history.
(d) Because it transcends history.

2. Which of the following created the Spanish monarchy?
(a) Political will.
(b) Diversity.
(c) Violence.
(d) Unity.

3. How did Paz see the 20th Century?
(a) A time when all historical eras mingled and merged.
(b) A time when the common man asserted himself.
(c) A time when feudalism was finally thrown off.
(d) A time when dictators took more power than ever before.

4. What is the Spanish view of women in contrast to the Mexican?
(a) Women are shaped by the minds of men.
(b) Women are idols.
(c) Women are wild and lecherous.
(d) Women are decent and modest.

5. Above all other definitions, who is the Chingada?
(a) The representation of virginity.
(b) The representation of violated womanhood.
(c) A living mother.
(d) A mythical mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through dissimulation, what does a Mexican attempt to do?

2. What was an important element of all ancient cultures?

3. As explained in Chapter One, who are the pachucos?

4. Where have the great revolutions of the 20th Century occurred?

5. Why does the worker lack mystery?

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