View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Paz, what is the "contemporary crisis"? (Chapter Seven, page 172).
(a) The difficulty of Mexico relating to the advancing western world.
(b) The struggle between two diverse cultures.
(c) The crisis of self-identity sweeping South America.
(d) A struggle within a culture that no longer has any rivals.

2. When Paz sees that Mexicans return to their tradition, what do they remember?
(a) That they are part of Spain's tradition.
(b) That their tradition is mostly Indian.
(c) That they do not belong to a greater universal tradition.
(d) That their tradition is rooted in conquest and slavery.

3. Mexico lacks basic industries except for one - what is it?
(a) Wool.
(b) Forestry.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Steel.

4. What familial relationship does Paz equate with solitude?
(a) Having no siblings.
(b) Being childless.
(c) Having no male relatives.
(d) Being an orphan.

5. How does humanity treat the opposites that life presents? (Chapter Nine).
(a) Humanity seeks to reconcile them.
(b) Humanity seeks to escape.
(c) Humanity embraces them in the quest for life.
(d) Humanity pretends that they are not opposing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the sense of Mexicanism "float" in the air of Los Angeles?

2. In Paz's estimation, woman is a living representation of which of the following?

3. What mentality does Paz attribute to the Mexican?

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

5. According to Paz, what philosophical fact defines much of Mexico's history?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 315 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample