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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 Mexican Masks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Mexican value in art, religion, and politics?
(a) Equality.
(b) Purity.
(c) Form.
(d) Originality.

2. How do Mexicans perceive an opening-up of one's self?
(a) As a betrayal or weakness.
(b) As infidelity to the human spirit.
(c) As a moment of truth.
(d) As a sign of strength.

3. How does the pachuco present himself to the people around him?
(a) As a man searching for a home.
(b) As one of the group.
(c) As a lost man.
(d) As a solitary, challenging figure.

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

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. Why are woman considered inferior people?

2. In contrast to the North American, what is one of the most noticeable traits about the Mexican character?

3. Other than solitude, what does the Mexican often feel in relation to other peoples?

4. Why does a Mexican blend into his surroundings and become solely Appearance?

5. What is the novelty of the pachuco clothing?

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