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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. Paz states that a Mexican utters the words that are considered most evil when which of the following occurs?
(a) When he is not in control of himself.
(b) When he is extremely angry.
(c) When he wants to get his point across.
(d) When he wants to invoke the evil contained in the words.

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

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

4. Why does the modern novelist rarely choose the worker as his protagonist?
(a) The worker is not modern enough.
(b) The worker cannot adequately capture what the novelist wants to convey.
(c) The worker is too recent and similar to his boss.
(d) The worker is not a universal figure.

5. What duality does the pachuco represent?
(a) A clown whose purpose is terror.
(b) A saint deeply involved in scandal.
(c) A fiend whose trademark is hearty laughter.
(d) A victim obsessed with revenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aside from being an excess, what does the fiesta revolt against?

2. How do Mexicans avoid the dangers of romantic relationships, according to Paz?

3. As the closure to Chapter Two, the reader sees what shadow spreading out over Mexico?

4. How is the myth of the "long-suffering Mexican woman" created?

5. What analogy does Paz use to explain Mexico's history?

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