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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Paz, what philosophical fact defines much of Mexico's history?
(a) The people adopted some ideas and invented others.
(b) The people adopted ideas, but did not invent their own.
(c) They overturned several of Spain's philosophical treatises.
(d) They had only two great thinkers.

2. What did Manuel Gomez-Morin accomplish for the Revolution?
(a) He formulated the property laws.
(b) He wrote the Plan of Ayala.
(c) He helped draft the new Constitution.
(d) He led the greatest contingent of soldiers.

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

4. Why does poetry tend to eradicate history? (Chapter Seven).
(a) Because it does not understand history.
(b) Because it attempts to explicate history.
(c) Because it transcends history.
(d) Because it disdains history.

5. Aside from being an excess, what does the fiesta revolt against?
(a) Form.
(b) Life.
(c) Death.
(d) Sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are people sad if a person dies badly (Chapter Three)?

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

3. Why did the Spaniards not exterminate the Indians after they were conquered?

4. From what does a fiesta free the Mexican, in Paz's understanding?

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

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