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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was an important element of all ancient cultures?
(a) Military superiority.
(b) Religion.
(c) Historical records.
(d) Familial relationships.

2. According to Jorge Cuesta, how has Mexico created herself?
(a) In opposition to her past.
(b) In agreement with her past.
(c) With no regard for the common people.
(d) With an eye toward preventing civil war.

3. Why did the Church support Spanish power?
(a) The Church was threatened by Spain.
(b) The Church owed its Mexican existence to the Spanish Conquest.
(c) The Church was bribed by the Spanish monarch.
(d) The Church owned large portions of land.

4. What mentality does Paz attribute to the Mexican?
(a) Master.
(b) Leader.
(c) Victim.
(d) Servant.

5. What did positivism do with the ideals of the Reformation?
(a) Made them reality.
(b) Made them irrelevant to Mexican life and culture.
(c) Blurred them into vague, utopian dreams.
(d) Pushed them into the background.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Paz's thought, what does a study of the great myths reveal?

2. What masculine trait enters into the idea of feminine modesty?

3. Why does the modern novelist rarely choose the worker as his protagonist?

4. On which group of people were Paz's thoughts focused?

5. How is the myth of the "long-suffering Mexican woman" created?

(see the answer key)

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