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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Assuming that works of art that are not built upon Western foundations and structures have no value is intrinsically ethnocentric and ______________.
(a) Wrong.
(b) Negative.
(c) Racist.
(d) Accurate.

2. According to Moraga, schools are controlled by the government which has no interest in informing students about a heritage which might conflict with mythologies about ______________ glorious history.
(a) Mexico's.
(b) Spain's.
(c) America's.
(d) England's.

3. According to Moraga, art is ____________.
(a) Political.
(b) Ethereal.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Theory.

4. According to Moraga, the feminist movement should pay attention to _________________.
(a) Older Hispanic women.
(b) The Civil Rights movement.
(c) Young black women.
(d) The Women's Suffrage movement.

5. According to Moraga, America is not interested in producing ________________.
(a) Militants.
(b) Oil.
(c) Saints.
(d) Revolutionaries.

6. Who is Octavio Paz?
(a) A Mexican politician.
(b) A Mexican athlete.
(c) A Mexican singer.
(d) A Mexican author.

7. What was an inherent quality of the Civil Rights movement?
(a) Anger.
(b) Justice.
(c) Partnership.
(d) Spirituality.

8. Moraga feels that ___________ which is/are based on some specific minority culture seems doomed to failure in America.
(a) television programs.
(b) art.
(c) athletes.
(d) organizations.

9. A movement that has a _________________ is far more likely to succeed than a movement that is purely theoretical.
(a) Good organizational structure.
(b) Significant amount of money.
(c) Spiritual quality.
(d) High profile leader.

10. According to Paz, the chingada is the ____________ partner.
(a) Passive.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Active.
(d) Faithful.

11. What type of relationship do White Supremacists want with blacks?
(a) Just social.
(b) Just professional.
(c) None at all.
(d) Just political.

12. Moraga states that her essay, "Out of Our Revolutionary Minds Toward a Pedagogy of Revolt" can be interpreted as a form of _____________________.
(a) Anti-intellectualism.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Racism.
(d) Liberalism.

13. According to Moraga, the problems with primary education are mainly related to ____________________.
(a) Inept teachers.
(b) A lack of respect for culture.
(c) A lack of funding for arts.
(d) Disinterested parents.

14. What does Moraga feel is artificial and a product of society?
(a) Language.
(b) Economies.
(c) Social structure.
(d) Theory.

15. Moraga grew up as a ______________ woman.
(a) sad.
(b) Chicana.
(c) accomplished.
(d) bitter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Moraga cover up her feelings about having sex with a woman?

2. Sexism is far more complex than _____________.

3. In "Entre Nos," Moraga states that she is connected spiritually with whom?

4. Why could the feminist movement be considered racist?

5. Women are discriminated against dependent upon which of the following situations?

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