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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Day of the Dead.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In Paz's understanding of genders, how do Mexican women become like men?
(a) Through suffering.
(b) Through sacrifice.
(c) Through self-denial.
(d) In love.
2. When Paz first arrived in the United States, what surprised him most about the people?
(a) Their confidence in the future of the nation.
(b) Their confidence and self-assurance.
(c) Their lack of openness.
(d) Their honesty and sense of community.
3. Why are a woman's instincts those of a species rather than her own?
(a) As an inferior person, she does not have individual instincts.
(b) She must have instincts of the species in order to perpetuate the race.
(c) Her individual instincts are obliterated because of her proximity to the Divine.
(d) She is the incarnation of the life force, which itself is impersonal.
4. What is the advantage of the North American view of women in relation to the Spanish view?
(a) It does not objectify women.
(b) It recognizes women's place in the world.
(c) It credits women with a cosmic role.
(d) It does not deify women.
5. Why are woman considered inferior people?
(a) They are too emotionally attached.
(b) They are not as intelligent as men.
(c) They are not as reticent as men.
(d) They open themselves up in submission.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Paz consider his philosophical questions?
2. What familial relationship does Paz equate with solitude?
3. Why is the fiesta, at its core, a revolution?
4. From what does a fiesta free the Mexican, in Paz's understanding?
5. How does the pachuco present himself to the people around him?
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