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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When is the fiesta of Grito celebrated?
(a) August 3 at 9:00 AM.
(b) October 31 at 3:00 PM.
(c) April 16 at 11:00 AM.
(d) September 15 at 11:00 PM.
2. In Paz's opinion, when is a person most likely to see himself as precious and unique?
(a) At the end of his life.
(b) In childhood.
(c) During adolescence.
(d) When he is in love.
3. In the book's argument, what happens when a Mexican woman is passive?
(a) She can no longer relate to the man.
(b) She comes to believe in the societal values given her.
(c) She embodies the ancient elements of earth, motherhood, and virginity.
(d) She functions as a channel of the ancient elements: Earth, motherhood, and virginity.
4. How are the evil words a sign and seal?
(a) They identify fellow Mexicans among strangers.
(b) They project the result that they will bring.
(c) They pull men out of their solitude.
(d) They seal the intention of the speaker.
5. Why is death a part of the fiesta (Chapter Three)?
(a) Because Mexico celebrates all aspects of life, even the end.
(b) Because the Mexican seeks to escape from himself.
(c) Because exuberant death is honorable.
(d) Because people often get drunk and violent.
6. What does the Mexican value in art, religion, and politics?
(a) Originality.
(b) Equality.
(c) Form.
(d) Purity.
7. In their relation to their world, to whom does Paz compare Mexicans?
(a) Germans.
(b) Orientals.
(c) Peruvians.
(d) Nigerians.
8. How does Paz differentiate between views of the body in Mexico and North America?
(a) Mexicans are ashamed of their bodies, while North Americans live with physical exuberance.
(b) Mexicans are modest, while North Americans are afraid of their bodies.
(c) Mexicans live with abandon while North Americans are prudent.
(d) Mexicans are afraid of their bodies, while North Americans are modest.
9. What does Paz deem to be the first and most serious change that a man endures when he becomes a worker?
(a) He loses communion with his fellow man.
(b) He loses his sense of the Divine.
(c) He stops earning what he is worth.
(d) He loses his individuality.
10. What duality does the pachuco represent?
(a) A clown whose purpose is terror.
(b) A saint deeply involved in scandal.
(c) A victim obsessed with revenge.
(d) A fiend whose trademark is hearty laughter.
11. According to Paz, what is death in modern thought?
(a) The avoidable end to a wasted life.
(b) The predictable end to a natural progression.
(c) The putting to rest of all sorrow.
(d) The end of all unworthy men.
12. Chapter Three begins with the great effect that fiestas and public celebrations have. What is this effect?
(a) They emphasize man's individuality.
(b) They bring people together with unusual dynamics.
(c) They increase man's sense of his mortality.
(d) They stop the flow of time.
13. What happens when the Mexican dissimulates?
(a) He becomes estranged from society.
(b) He merges with the common people.
(c) He preserves his individuality intact.
(d) He nearly ceases to exist.
14. What is the advantage of the North American view of women in relation to the Spanish view?
(a) It credits women with a cosmic role.
(b) It does not deify women.
(c) It recognizes women's place in the world.
(d) It does not objectify women.
15. What familial relationship does Paz equate with solitude?
(a) Being childless.
(b) Having no siblings.
(c) Being an orphan.
(d) Having no male relatives.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Paz, what is the Mexican's relationship with his fellow man?
2. How does solitude assume a purifying, almost purgative, quality for the Mexican?
3. What did Paz find in the actions and faces of North Americans?
4. What connotation does the verb, chingar, carry?
5. Paz discusses the result of persecution on the pachuco. What is that result?
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