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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the myths of the lesbian movement is that lesbian sexuality is __________________________.
(a) A crime against nature.
(b) Superior to heterosexual sexuality.
(c) Something that can be learned.
(d) Altogether different from heterosexual sexuality.

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

3. Who was the Aztec princess who slept with Cortez, the head of the conquistadors?
(a) Mellior.
(b) Malinche.
(c) Magrid.
(d) Mellita.

4. Regarding intellectualism, Moraga talks not only about the content of various theories but also the methods and _____________ used.
(a) Tests.
(b) Rules.
(c) Strategies.
(d) Language.

5. Who was the writer who wrote that the United States-Mexican border was a "1,950-mile-long open wound"?
(a) Gertrude Stein.
(b) Gloria Allred.
(c) Gloria Steinem.
(d) Gloria Anzaldua.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Paz, the chingon is the ___________ partner.

2. What was an inherent quality of the Civil Rights movement?

3. In "Looking for the Insatiable Woman" who is La Mujer Llorena?

4. Repression can lead to a life of _______________.

5. Who is Octavio Paz?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the distinction made between two partners in any sexual act as defined by Octavio Paz in "A Long Line of Vendidas"?

2. Why is sexism an even more complex subject than racism?

3. Who is La Mujer Llorena and what is her story?

4. Why does Moraga use the feminist movement to point out how society has inherent prejudices?

5. What are Moraga's thoughts regarding post-modernism's use of jargon leading to a marginalization of topics?

6. Why are sexually liberated women, and to a greater degree, lesbians, denigrated in Chicano society?

7. Why does Moraga say that minority culture art is almost destined to fail in America?

8. In "Out of Our Revolutionary Minds Toward a Pedagogy of Revolt," why does Moraga state that the educational system in America is flawed?

9. What example of writer Gloria Anzaldua's work does Moraga use to point out that academia gets lost in obsessions with complex theory?

10. According to Moraga, what can repression lead to in almost every Chicana's life?

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