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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Paz find in the actions and faces of North Americans?
(a) A faith in man's intrinsic goodness and its effects on their culture.
(b) A faith in their society and confidence in its survival.
(c) An unrealistic optimism about the future.
(d) A fear about the survival of their society.

2. Who authored. the book, Profile of Man and Culture in Mexico?
(a) Jorge Cuesta.
(b) Jorge Scheler.
(c) Christophe Adler.
(d) Samuel Ramos.

3. Why have Mexican culture and politics vacillated from one extreme to another? (Chapter Seven, page 157).
(a) Because Mexicans cannot invent their history from the beginning.
(b) Because there has never been a strong Mexican leader.
(c) Because Mexicans deny their Spanish and Indian heritage.
(d) Because Mexicans have difficulty synthesizing experiences.

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

5. In Paz's thought, what does a study of the great myths reveal?
(a) Man will never truly be saved.
(b) Man has broken the order of the universe.
(c) Man can only be saved by something other than himself.
(d) Man will continually become better than he is now.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Paz, what is the "contemporary crisis"? (Chapter Seven, page 172).

2. What did the Spaniards find when they arrived in South America?

3. When Paz sees that Mexicans return to their tradition, what do they remember?

4. What economic goal did the Revolution have?

5. What is the novelty of the pachuco clothing?

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