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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Moraga, the university system in America is interested only in producing ____________________.
2. According to Moraga, one of the many problems of academia is its obsession with _______________.
3. Sexism is far more complex than _____________.
4. Assuming that works of art that are not built upon Western foundations and structures have no value is intrinsically ethnocentric and ______________.
5. Moraga grew up as a ______________ woman.
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Moraga, how can the feminist movement be considered racist?
2. What example of writer Gloria Anzaldua's work does Moraga use to point out that academia gets lost in obsessions with complex theory?
3. What are the circumstances that make the myth of La Mujer Llorena come alive for Moraga?
4. Does Moraga think it will be easy to stop the loss of cultures in schools?
5. Why is sexism an even more complex subject than racism?
6. Why does Moraga say that minority culture art is almost destined to fail in America?
7. What does Moraga feel is the source of the problems with primary education?
8. According to Moraga, what can repression lead to in almost every Chicana's life?
9. What is the distinction made between two partners in any sexual act as defined by Octavio Paz in "A Long Line of Vendidas"?
10. In "Canto Florido" to what does Moraga compare words that are never spoken?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author uses more than one theme in the book related to culture and lesbianism. Identify at least two themes in the poems and essays and then cite an example to support each theme you name.
Essay Topic 2
In what way does Moraga say the feminist movement could benefit from studying the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s? What is missing from the feminist movement that was central to the Civil Rights movement? Why would the feminist movement be more successful if it would adopt this aspect of the Civil Rights movement?
Essay Topic 3
The role of parental influence was strong for Moraga and she states that her lesbianism was largely associated with her mother's very active and tender role in her life. Explain the influence of Moraga's mother on her life, thoughts, values, etc. What influence, if any, did Moraga's homosexual father have in her life?
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