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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Manuel Gomez-Morin accomplish for the Revolution?
(a) He formulated the property laws.
(b) He led the greatest contingent of soldiers.
(c) He helped draft the new Constitution.
(d) He wrote the Plan of Ayala.
2. Which of the following created the Spanish monarchy?
(a) Unity.
(b) Diversity.
(c) Political will.
(d) Violence.
3. How does the philosophy of progress treat death?
(a) It pretends to make death disappear.
(b) It treats death as one more step in life.
(c) It minimizes death.
(d) It disregards death entirely.
4. Why is the fiesta, at its core, a revolution?
(a) It allows man to be something different.
(b) Man is finally free.
(c) It has no regard for religious mores.
(d) It dissolves society.
5. According to Paz, what is death in modern thought?
(a) The end of all unworthy men.
(b) The putting to rest of all sorrow.
(c) The avoidable end to a wasted life.
(d) The predictable end to a natural progression.
Short Answer Questions
1. What horror did Cortez's rule not commit?
2. From what does a fiesta free the Mexican, in Paz's understanding?
3. During the fiesta of Grito, why do the people shout for one hour, in Paz's interpretation?
4. In Paz's argument, how have tradition and religion always been presented to the Mexicans?
5. As Paz uderstands it, what is the Mexican's relation to death?
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