2. Why did the Spaniards not exterminate the Indians after they were conquered?
(a) Their Catholicism prevented mass slaughter.
(b) They respected the Indians.
(c) They wanted to learn from the Indians.
(d) They needed labor.

3. What question did Edmundo O'Gorman try to answer?
(a) Where does the future lie?
(b) What is Mexico?
(c) Who are the Mexicans as a people?
(d) What comprises America?

4. How did the Aztecs' final struggle manifest itself?
(a) In suicide.
(b) In destruction of their own property.
(c) As the last battle.
(d) In silence.

5. According to Paz, what must be the first step toward reform?
(a) A complete overthrow of the socialist state.
(b) A struggle against rampant government corruption.
(c) A return to traditionalism.
(d) A struggle against the lie that makes colonialism official.

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

7. What is Paz's solution for the lack of capital?
(a) Use human labor to the best advantage.
(b) Build better and more factories.
(c) Invest in other economies, particularly the United States.
(d) Learn to harness the raw materials.

8. What has happened to the former plurality of ideas and customs? (Chapter Seven).
(a) They have become richer.
(b) It has grown to accommodate special-interest groups.
(c) It has splintered into even more segments.
(d) It has been replaced by a single civilization.

9. Where have the great revolutions of the 20th Century occurred?
(a) In backward countries.
(b) In large, wealthy countries.
(c) In places with little modern culture.
(d) Among indigenous tribes.

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

11. In Paz's estimation, why do the common people follow their revolutionary leaders?
(a) They identify with the men.
(b) They are intimidated by the leaders.
(c) They believe in the revolution, regardless of who leads it.
(d) They have no desire to upset the progress of the Revolution.

12. Who was Emiliano Zapata?
(a) The military leader in Diaz's regime.
(b) The first leader of the Revolution.
(c) The leader of the Revolution of the South.
(d) The replacement in Diaz's regime.

13. In Paz's argument, how have tradition and religion always been presented to the Mexicans?
(a) As things that will solidify their national identity.
(b) As things to be held lightly or discarded.
(c) As things leading to their spiritual salvation.
(d) As things that stifle their individuality.

14. What did Moctezuma think as the Spaniards approached?
(a) He would finally become Divine.
(b) That was the time to prove his manliness.
(c) The gods had abandoned him.
(d) That was the moment of his deliverance.

15. In Asia and Africa, what two seemingly-contradictory ideologies are being used?
(a) World power and individualism.
(b) Colonial past and nationalism.
(c) Future dreams and individualism.
(d) Revolutionary aspiration and nationalism.