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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chicano culture, a lesbian is considered to be __________________.
(a) An unbalanced person.
(b) A mistake of nature.
(c) An outlaw.
(d) A misguided person.

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

3. According to Moraga, true progress for racial and ___________ progress is impossible as long as white, upper-class men permeate institutions.
(a) Religious.
(b) Political.
(c) Artistic.
(d) Sexual.

4. Sexism is far more complex than _____________.
(a) Politics.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Integration.
(d) Racism.

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

6. According to Moraga, who does intellectualism serve?
(a) Students.
(b) Ministers.
(c) The ruling class.
(d) Universities.

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

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

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

10. Why is a lesbian considered to be an outlaw in Chicano society?
(a) She has disregarded the rules set out by male society.
(b) She preys upon other women.
(c) She will kill anyone who gets in her way.
(d) She won't flirt with men.

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

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

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

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

15. To what does the feminist movement neglect to pay attention?
(a) Men's rights.
(b) Children's issues.
(c) Couples issues.
(d) Sexism in all of its forms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Moraga grew up as a ______________ woman.

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

3. According to Moraga, which is the only ethnic background that the American school system seems interested in informing students about?

4. What is the extreme goal of White Supremacists?

5. In "Sour Grapes: The Art of Anger in America," Moraga states that Americans are largely ignorant of which culture?

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