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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was sacrificed when Porfirio Diaz took power and subdued anarchy?
(a) Equality.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Liberty.
(d) Possibility.

2. Why did the Spaniards not exterminate the Indians after they were conquered?
(a) They wanted to learn from the Indians.
(b) Their Catholicism prevented mass slaughter.
(c) They respected the Indians.
(d) They needed labor.

3. In Jose Gaos' thought, what unique opportunity do young people have through their education?
(a) Modifying Spanish to meet the needs of the South Americans.
(b) Creating their own philosophy.
(c) Moving Mexico into the world sphere.
(d) Rebuilding their political system.

4. What question did Edmundo O'Gorman try to answer?
(a) Who are the Mexicans as a people?
(b) What is Mexico?
(c) Where does the future lie?
(d) What comprises America?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one factor that drives world markets?

2. How did the Spanish Conquest treat religion?

3. To which of the following does Paz reduce the Mexican character? (Chapter Four, page 73).

4. What familial relationship does Paz equate with solitude?

5. What is Paz's solution for the lack of capital?

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