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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Asia and Africa, what two seemingly-contradictory ideologies are being used?
(a) Future dreams and individualism.
(b) Colonial past and nationalism.
(c) World power and individualism.
(d) Revolutionary aspiration and nationalism.

2. What happens when the Mexican dissimulates?
(a) He preserves his individuality intact.
(b) He nearly ceases to exist.
(c) He becomes estranged from society.
(d) He merges with the common people.

3. How does a man become "like the angels" (Chapter Three, page 61)?
(a) By opening fully to death, as well as to life.
(b) By valuing life to its final moment.
(c) By entrusting everything to God.
(d) By running from death to an embracement of life.

4. What was one factor that guided the Revolution to prioritize tradition?
(a) Its belief in the value of the past.
(b) Its fear of the future.
(c) The large number of supporters over the age of 50.
(d) The workers did not belong to the city or the country, and so they did not have any tradition.

5. Whom did Paz call the "guardian of freedom and traitor to his country"? (Chapter Six, page 125).
(a) Santa-Ana.
(b) Valentin Gomez Farias.
(c) Benito Juarez.
(d) Jose Maria Mora.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the motto of positivism?

2. What is the French sociologists' interpretation of the fiesta?

3. How does Paz differentiate between views of the body in Mexico and North America?

4. In ancient societies, why did man hate to be alone? (Chapter Nine).

5. In his obsession with hygiene, work, and health, what does the North American miss?

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