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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the main philosophical objective of the Revolution?
(a) To overthrow the conservative ideals.
(b) To produce several influential Mexican thinkers.
(c) To replace Catholicism with rationalism.
(d) To conquer the past and take it into the present.

2. What should Mexicans recognize about their alienation from the world?
(a) It can be reversed only by a charismatic leader.
(b) It is unique to their country.
(c) It is shared by many people around the world.
(d) It has managed to cut them off completely.

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

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

5. What happened to the people annexed by greater world powers?
(a) They were forgotten.
(b) They became more active in the world sphere.
(c) They became passive in the world sphere.
(d) The material gains that they made balanced the loss of voice.

6. What event precipitated Spain's complete loss of power?
(a) The loss of her naval supremacy.
(b) Mexico's revolt against her.
(c) Her strong monarch's death.
(d) Her faith losing all potency.

7. Why were the Indians not outraged that their religions were replaced with Catholicism? (Chapter Five).
(a) Because they had been reconnected to the world.
(b) Because they liked Catholicism better.
(c) Because their gods had betrayed them when Cortez attacked.
(d) Because they were not very connected to their gods.

8. What has history demonstrated through certain Contra authors such as Isaac Deutscher?
(a) Once abundance is achieved, the state will become socialistic.
(b) Once abundance is achieved, the state will become democratic.
(c) It is extremely difficult for one class to make advancements for itself.
(d) No class ever voluntarily gives up its privileges.

9. Following the Revolution, why was socialist education not widely implemented in Mexico?
(a) Socialism was not the philosophy adopted by Mexicans.
(b) Training was not available for teachers for providing a socialist education.
(c) Socialist education was highly unsuccessful.
(d) The government could not agree on a socialist curriculum.

10. What did the Revolution force the Mexican people to do?
(a) Overcome the institutions of colonialism.
(b) Synthesize their colonial past with the pre-Catholicism past..
(c) Confront history and invent their future.
(d) Think about the future in global terms.

11. What was the purpose of the publishing house Fondo de Cultura Economica?
(a) To print books as cheaply as possible.
(b) To print texts about Mexican life and culture.
(c) To print texts about economics for South Americans.
(d) To act as a façade for Revolutionary pamphlets.

12. How does the Indian perceive salvation? (Chapter Five).
(a) As something solely individual.
(b) As something open to anyone who would believe.
(c) As part of society and the cosmos, as well as individual.
(d) As something attainable only by a few people.

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

14. According to Trotsky, what should happen if the Revolution does not break out in advanced nations following World War II?
(a) Socialism should be abandoned altogether.
(b) The Marxist view of history should be revised.
(c) Socialism should be forced on those nations.
(d) The Marxist view of economics should be revised.

15. What was sacrificed when Porfirio Diaz took power and subdued anarchy?
(a) Possibility.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Liberty.
(d) Equality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the motto of positivism?

2. Why is a study of colonialism important in understanding Mexican history?

3. Where have the great revolutions of the 20th Century occurred?

4. Why did the Church support Spanish power?

5. What did Manuel Gomez-Morin accomplish for the Revolution?

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