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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the Mexican dissimulates?
(a) He merges with the common people.
(b) He preserves his individuality intact.
(c) He becomes estranged from society.
(d) He nearly ceases to exist.

2. According to Paz, why does the liar tell lies to himself?
(a) He is afraid of himself.
(b) He is afraid of the world.
(c) He does not know the truth.
(d) He is afraid of finding truth in other people.

3. In Asia and Africa, what two seemingly-contradictory ideologies are being used?
(a) Future dreams and individualism.
(b) Revolutionary aspiration and nationalism.
(c) World power and individualism.
(d) Colonial past and nationalism.

4. To which of the following does Paz reduce the Mexican character? (Chapter Four, page 73).
(a) The Mexican is stronger when he is alone.
(b) The Mexican only lives when he faces death.
(c) The Mexican is himself only in the crowd of a fiesta or ceremony.
(d) The Mexican does not dare or want to be himself.

5. Which of the following contributed to making colonialism alive and relevant?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Violence.
(c) Imperial takeover.
(d) Native acceptance.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Jorge Cuesta, how has Mexico created herself?

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

3. What did Paz find in the actions and faces of North Americans?

4. What is the value of Sor Juana's poem, "First Dream"?

5. When did Spain begin to lose her hold on Mexico?

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