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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 Church support Spanish power?
(a) The Church owed its Mexican existence to the Spanish Conquest.
(b) The Church was threatened by Spain.
(c) The Church was bribed by the Spanish monarch.
(d) The Church owned large portions of land.

2. What event precipitated Spain's complete loss of power?
(a) Her faith losing all potency.
(b) Her strong monarch's death.
(c) The loss of her naval supremacy.
(d) Mexico's revolt against her.

3. What did the Revolution force the Mexican people to do?
(a) Overcome the institutions of colonialism.
(b) Synthesize their colonial past with the pre-Catholicism past..
(c) Confront history and invent their future.
(d) Think about the future in global terms.

4. According to Jorge Cuesta, how has Mexico created herself?
(a) With no regard for the common people.
(b) In agreement with her past.
(c) In opposition to her past.
(d) With an eye toward preventing civil war.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most radical period of the Revolution?

2. What is the Spanish view of women in contrast to the Mexican?

3. What happened to the people annexed by greater world powers?

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

5. Why are a woman's instincts those of a species rather than her own?

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