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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. Paz says that during critical moments in a nation's development, the people ask themselves a critical question. What is that question?
(a) How can we move forward?
(b) How do we want the future to look?
(c) Who should lead us?
(d) Who are we and how can we fulfill this obligation?

2. As explained in Chapter One, who are the pachucos?
(a) Young men who leave Mexico for the United States hoping for a better life.
(b) Rebellious youths who are not assimilated into North American culture.
(c) Old men who keep the memory of Mexico alive in their grandchildren who were born in the United States.
(d) Old men who no longer have a connection to their native land.

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 respected the Indians.
(d) They wanted to learn from the Indians.

4. In Paz's argument, how have tradition and religion always been presented to the Mexicans?
(a) As things to be held lightly or discarded.
(b) As things that stifle their individuality.
(c) As things that will solidify their national identity.
(d) As things leading to their spiritual salvation.

5. What type of book did Xavier Villaurrutia write?
(a) Life-related poetry.
(b) Death-related poetry.
(c) Religious exhortations about life.
(d) A scientific explanation of death.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Aztecs' final struggle manifest itself?

2. When is the fiesta of Grito celebrated?

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

4. As Paz begins Chapter Two, he says that the Mexican is always afraid to glance at his neighbor. What reason does he give for that?

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

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