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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To which of the following does Paz reduce the Mexican character? (Chapter Four, page 73).
(a) The Mexican only lives when he faces death.
(b) The Mexican is stronger when he is alone.
(c) The Mexican is himself only in the crowd of a fiesta or ceremony.
(d) The Mexican does not dare or want to be himself.

3. How did the Spanish Conquest treat religion?
(a) Spain was defending the faith.
(b) Spain was protecting the Mesoamerican religions.
(c) Spain was integrating Mesoamerican religions.
(d) The Conquest did not relate to religion.

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

5. Why are a woman's instincts those of a species rather than her own?
(a) She is the incarnation of the life force, which itself is impersonal.
(b) She must have instincts of the species in order to perpetuate the race.
(c) As an inferior person, she does not have individual instincts.
(d) Her individual instincts are obliterated because of her proximity to the Divine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Paz consider his philosophical questions?

2. When does the pachuco become his true self?

3. What is Paz's solution for the lack of capital?

4. On what does Paz blame "the rather zigzag progress of the state"? Chapter Eight, page 181).

5. Where does Paz state that the Mexican's indifference hides his life force?

(see the answer key)

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