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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was an important element of all ancient cultures?
(a) Military superiority.
(b) Familial relationships.
(c) Historical records.
(d) Religion.

2. Why is death a part of the fiesta (Chapter Three)?
(a) Because people often get drunk and violent.
(b) Because the Mexican seeks to escape from himself.
(c) Because exuberant death is honorable.
(d) Because Mexico celebrates all aspects of life, even the end.

3. Who authored. the book, Profile of Man and Culture in Mexico?
(a) Christophe Adler.
(b) Jorge Scheler.
(c) Jorge Cuesta.
(d) Samuel Ramos.

4. In Latin America, what was the importance of Jose Gorostiza's poem, Muerte sin Fin?
(a) It presented the best example of the Mexican fascination with horror.
(b) It presented the Spanish conquest through the eyes of modernity.
(c) It was the best evidence of a truly modern awareness.
(d) It was the last example of the colonial mindset.

5. In Paz's philosophy, why must Mexicans face reality alone?
(a) They have alienated themselves from the world.
(b) The modern world no longer has any ideas.
(c) They are not in step with the rest of the intellectual world.
(d) They do not have a comprehensive philosophy of the self.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Paz, who is most fascinated by death?

2. According to the tribe of the Chamulas, what is a chulel?

3. Why does poetry tend to eradicate history? (Chapter Seven).

4. What did Moctezuma think as the Spaniards approached?

5. According to Jorge Cuesta, how has Mexico created herself?

(see the answer key)

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