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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. According to Moraga, the university system in America is interested only in producing ____________________.
(a) More docile citizens.
(b) Athletes.
(c) Public relations.
(d) Wealthy alumni.

2. According to Moraga, whose language is the oppressor in American society?
(a) Liberals.
(b) White, upper-class men.
(c) Conservatives.
(d) The government.

3. The feminist movement is doomed to failure if it does not __________________________.
(a) Incorporate the experiences of all kinds of women.
(b) Fire Gloria Steinem.
(c) Create more awareness.
(d) Get political backing.

4. Americans need to be reminded that their history did not begin in what year?
(a) 1692.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1492.
(d) 2001.

5. In "Querida Companera," Moraga writes about the feeling of ___________________.
(a) Achieving goals.
(b) Kissing a woman.
(c) Being in love.
(d) Being rejected.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is a lesbian considered to be an outlaw in Chicano society?

2. A movement that has a _________________ is far more likely to succeed than a movement that is purely theoretical.

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

4. In Chicana culture, men are considered to be __________________.

5. What is the literary device used by Anzaldua when she wrote that the United States-Mexican border was a "1,950 mile-long open wound"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Moraga say she originally assumed the role of chingon in sexual relations with women?

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

4. What does Moraga say was one of the defining characteristics of the Civil Rights movement and why does that factor improve chances for success for any movement?

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

6. Who is Malinche and why to Mexicans despise her?

7. Explain one of the myths of lesbian sexuality regarding penetration and how Moraga's own experiences go against it.

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

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

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

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