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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 The Sons of La Malinche.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the evil words a sign and seal?
(a) They identify fellow Mexicans among strangers.
(b) They pull men out of their solitude.
(c) They project the result that they will bring.
(d) They seal the intention of the speaker.

2. In Paz's estimation, woman is a living representation of which of the following?
(a) Life.
(b) The strangeness of the world.
(c) Man's incomplete nature.
(d) Life overpowered by death.

3. In their relation to their world, to whom does Paz compare Mexicans?
(a) Orientals.
(b) Germans.
(c) Nigerians.
(d) Peruvians.

4. Aside from being an excess, what does the fiesta revolt against?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Death.
(c) Form.
(d) Life.

5. As Paz uderstands it, what is the Mexican's relation to death?
(a) Sacrificial.
(b) Intimate but empty.
(c) Intimate and heartbreaking.
(d) Emotionally remote.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Paz's opinion about Western respect for life?

2. What does the pachuco represent in Paz's writing?

3. According to Paz, why does the liar tell lies to himself?

4. Above all other definitions, who is the Chingada?

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

(see the answer key)

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