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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important circumstance did early revolutionary governments not take into account?
(a) Desertion of rural areas.
(b) Expansion of cities.
(c) Natural resources.
(d) Population growth.

2. Other than solitude, what does the Mexican often feel in relation to other peoples?
(a) Complete isolation.
(b) Intellectualism.
(c) Weakness.
(d) Inferiority.

3. According to Paz, how does death end when a civilization denies it?
(a) Through the denial of life.
(b) By living fully.
(c) By evading death.
(d) It does not end.

4. What role does the Mexican man play in society?
(a) He defends everything that he has.
(b) He protects everything entrusted to him.
(c) He wants to raise Mexico to a place of prominence in the world.
(d) He seeks to expand his control in the world.

5. How did the Revolution relate to reality?
(a) It was a sheer explosion of reality.
(b) It brought about a new idea of reality.
(c) It subtly altered the past idea of reality.
(d) It denied reality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the pachuco represent in Paz's writing?

2. When is the fiesta of Grito celebrated?

3. According to Trotsky, what should happen if the Revolution does not break out in advanced nations following World War II?

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

5. Why does poetry tend to eradicate history? (Chapter Seven).

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