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

2. Who is Octavio Paz?

3. According to Moraga, America is a country in which people are so easily _______________.

4. What type of relationship do White Supremacists want with blacks?

5. Repression can lead to a life of _______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "Canto Florido" to what does Moraga compare words that are never spoken?

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

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

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

6. Does Moraga think it will be easy to stop the loss of cultures in schools?

7. What does Moraga think might be the deep, real reason that women kill their children?

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

10. What does Moraga feel is the source of the problems with primary education?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Oppression seems to be an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive is oppression according to Moraga? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.

Essay Topic 2

Create a character study of Moraga. What are her physical characteristics? What are her motivations? What are her fears? What are her dreams? What else can you say about Moraga?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of gays and lesbians in the 1980s. What precedents were they forced to follow? What restrictions doidthey have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century gays and lesbians do not have?

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