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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what school of thought is Moraga critical in this essay?
(a) Post-moderism.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Independent.
(d) Conservatism.

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

3. What is a misogynist?
(a) Someone who does puzzles.
(b) Someone who is an expert in Greek mythology.
(c) Someone who hates women.
(d) Someone who collects stamps.

4. When Moraga worked at a restaurant, a lesbian would teach her about which of the following?
(a) Communism.
(b) All of these.
(c) Feminism.
(d) Extreme movements.

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

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

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

8. Moraga reasons that the woman and the lesbian who killed the woman's children were reacting against ___________.
(a) Society.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Men.
(d) Motherhood.

9. Why were the woman the lesbian who killed the woman's children reacting against motherhood as such?
(a) They did not want to be single mothers.
(b) They did not want to be married.
(c) It was patriarchal imposition that forced them into a role.
(d) They wanted to adopt kids instead.

10. A Chicana mother's adoration of her sons is an unconscious attempt to turn them into _______________________.
(a) Independent thinkers.
(b) The kind of man they wished they had married.
(c) Candidates for the priesthood.
(d) Better family men.

11. In "Looking for the Insatiable Woman" who is La Mujer Llorena?
(a) The important woman.
(b) The crying woman.
(c) The creative woman.
(d) The magical woman.

12. In "Entre Nos," Moraga states that she is connected spiritually with whom?
(a) Puerto Ricans.
(b) Italians.
(c) Cubans.
(d) Indians.

13. According to Moraga, which is the only ethnic background that the American school system seems interested in informing students about?
(a) Hispanic.
(b) Western European.
(c) Italian.
(d) Asian.

14. Proponents of post-modernism are notorious for using _____________________.
(a) Lateral thinking.
(b) Highly technical jargon.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Laptops.

15. According to Moraga, the abstractness of academia has a/an _______________ effect.
(a) Neutralizing.
(b) Calming.
(c) Invigorating.
(d) Revolutionary.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does the feminist movement neglect to pay attention?

3. One of the myths of the lesbian movement is that lesbian sexuality is __________________________.

4. According to Moraga, the educational system in America is flawed because it is dominated by _____________________________.

5. What does Moraga feel is artificial and a product of society?

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