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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of book did Xavier Villaurrutia write?
(a) Life-related poetry.
(b) A scientific explanation of death.
(c) Religious exhortations about life.
(d) Death-related poetry.

2. What stage of life is most capable of both solitude and romance?
(a) Middle age.
(b) Old age.
(c) Adolescence.
(d) Infancy.

3. How is the myth of the "long-suffering Mexican woman" created?
(a) When the woman overcomes her natural frailty.
(b) When the woman is most vulnerable to attack.
(c) When the woman becomes impassive in the face of suffering.
(d) When the woman's natural frailty becomes a virtue.

4. Why did the Mexican Revolution have to begin before the beginning?
(a) The people still held a feudalistic mindset.
(b) The cities were not large enough to house the farmers-turned-workers.
(c) Mexico did not have the basic electricity and resources needed to transform her cities.
(d) In the early 20th Century, Mexico was far behind the advanced world.

5. What metaphor does Paz use to describe Mexico taking control from Spain?
(a) A phoenix rising from the ashes.
(b) A lion cub overtaking its elderly parent.
(c) A young man finally realizing his strength.
(d) A corpse dismembered and a nation born.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did the Plan of Ayala go into effect?

3. What did the Spaniards find when they arrived in South America?

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

5. How does modern society deny the very nature of love? (Chapter Nine).

(see the answer key)

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