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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 The Conquest of Colonialism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which group of people were Paz's thoughts focused?
(a) Those who are conscious of themselves as Mexicans.
(b) Those who are focused on making Mexico a part of the world.
(c) The Mexican nation as a whole.
(d) Those who are seeking a better philosophy as Mexicans.

2. Paz discusses the result of persecution on the pachuco. What is that result?
(a) It breaks his solitude.
(b) It makes him stronger.
(c) It makes him distrustful.
(d) It strengthens his anger.

3. Why did the Spaniards not exterminate the Indians after they were conquered?
(a) They needed labor.
(b) Their Catholicism prevented mass slaughter.
(c) They wanted to learn from the Indians.
(d) They respected the Indians.

4. What is the French sociologists' interpretation of the fiesta?
(a) The people's disregard for obligations enhances their sense of time.
(b) The people's squandering of money appeases the gods.
(c) The people's disregard for death increases their sense of life.
(d) The people's misunderstanding of life increases their desire for death.

5. As Paz uderstands it, what is the Mexican's relation to death?
(a) Intimate and heartbreaking.
(b) Sacrificial.
(c) Emotionally remote.
(d) Intimate but empty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the fiesta, at its core, a revolution?

2. How do Mexicans avoid the dangers of romantic relationships, according to Paz?

3. What is the Mexican concept of work?

4. In Paz's example of the village near Mitla, how is their yearly income spent?

5. How does the philosophy of progress treat death?

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