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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the sense of Mexicanism "float" in the air of Los Angeles?
(a) People struggled to retain Mexican identity in a foreign land.
(b) It was an ethereal sense of nationality.
(c) No one truly knew that it meant to be Mexican.
(d) It did not mix with the North American efficiency or precision.

2. Mexico lacks basic industries except for one - what is it?
(a) Forestry.
(b) Steel.
(c) Wool.
(d) Fishing.

3. In Paz's estimation, what vital word has the Mexican forgotten?
(a) The word that gives him peace with all others.
(b) The word of love given to him by his mother.
(c) The word tying him to life forces of creativity and destruction.
(d) The word that allows him to reach out to others.

4. How did the Reform want to justify itself?
(a) Through the future.
(b) Through its changes.
(c) Through its popularity.
(d) Through its past.

5. What did Moctezuma think as the Spaniards approached?
(a) He would finally become Divine.
(b) The gods had abandoned him.
(c) That was the time to prove his manliness.
(d) That was the moment of his deliverance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was sacrificed when Porfirio Diaz took power and subdued anarchy?

2. Why were the Indians not outraged that their religions were replaced with Catholicism? (Chapter Five).

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

4. How does Paz differentiate between views of the body in Mexico and North America?

5. How did Paz see the 20th Century?

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