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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. As the closure to Chapter Two, the reader sees what shadow spreading out over Mexico?
(a) The shadow of truth.
(b) The shadow of Nobody.
(c) The shadow of dissimulation.
(d) The shadow of Catholicism.
2. In their relation to their world, to whom does Paz compare Mexicans?
(a) Peruvians.
(b) Nigerians.
(c) Germans.
(d) Orientals.
3. Chapter Three begins with the great effect that fiestas and public celebrations have. What is this effect?
(a) They bring people together with unusual dynamics.
(b) They stop the flow of time.
(c) They emphasize man's individuality.
(d) They increase man's sense of his mortality.
4. What rites are connected with the establishment of houses and cities?
(a) Those of the search for a holy center, a beginning.
(b) Those of the protection needed for a home.
(c) Those of coming home.
(d) Those of stepping toward Paradise.
5. In Paz's argument, how have tradition and religion always been presented to the Mexicans?
(a) As things that will solidify their national identity.
(b) As things leading to their spiritual salvation.
(c) As things that stifle their individuality.
(d) As things to be held lightly or discarded.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why was unemployment high in Mexico at the time that Paz was writing?
2. What happens when the Mexican dissimulates?
3. How does a man become "like the angels" (Chapter Three, page 61)?
4. What horror did Cortez's rule not commit?
5. What is one factor that drives world markets?
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