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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the motto of positivism?
2. What happened to the people annexed by greater world powers?
3. How did liberalism and democracy function in South American countries?
4. What was the most radical period of the Revolution?
5. When Paz sees that Mexicans return to their tradition, what do they remember?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was the Aztec nation able to unify so many diverse tribes? How were they quite skilled with that type of action?
2. What does Paz think of the Soviet Union? How does it compare to Mexico?
3. What is the role of the Mexican intelligentsia within society? How does it differ from the function of the intelligentsia within the United States and Europe; and which one is a better role?
4. Pulling from the ideas of Jose Gaos, Paz, speaks of the physical duality in Mexico. What does that mean? What significance does that idea have?
5. What role did Catholicism play in the lives of the conquering Spaniards? Was that role contradictory?
6. How was the Revolution similar to a fiesta? Because of any existing similarity, why do the people cling to that time in history? Can that be considered healthy?
7. What did Article 3 of the new Constitution mandate? What troubles did that Article cause?
8. Despite Mexico's advancements, where does she still stand on the world spectrum? How can she change her placement?
9. Why could Mexico not have progressed as far as she has today if she were working within capitalism?
10. When did Independence begin in Mexico? How was it similar to or different from the Conquest?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In modern Mexico, what are the contrasting ways of thinking (pg 119-20)? In that context, is Spanish heritage good? How do those two mindsets continue to influence current politics and thought?
Essay Topic 2
When does a Mexican come into conflict with his fellow man, especially another Mexican? What are the facets of the clash? How is it resolved?
Essay Topic 3
What connections exist between love and solitude? What dangers exist within them? How does the Mexican break through the bonds of both? Clearly address and explain Paz's arguments, especially toward the end of the book.
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