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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Paz, who is most fascinated by death?
(a) The youth.
(b) The infant.
(c) The dying.
(d) The old.

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

3. As Paz begins Chapter Two, he says that the Mexican is always afraid to glance at his neighbor. What reason does he give for that?
(a) The glance could spark rage.
(b) His neighbor is a pathetic version of himself.
(c) His neighbor reveals the disillusioned character of Mexico.
(d) The glance could reveal his isolation.

4. How did the Reform want to justify itself?
(a) Through the future.
(b) Through its past.
(c) Through its popularity.
(d) Through its changes.

5. Aside from being an excess, what does the fiesta revolt against?
(a) Form.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Death.
(d) Life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the novelty of the pachuco clothing?

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

3. What does Paz deem to be the first and most serious change that a man endures when he becomes a worker?

4. During the Revolution, whom did the intelligentsia make the focal point of its activities?

5. When is the fiesta of Grito celebrated?

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