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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When had Moraga first heard the story of La Mujer Llorena?
(a) When she was in college.
(b) When she was 27.
(c) When she graduated high school.
(d) When she was a little girl.

3. Moraga feels that ___________ which is/are based on some specific minority culture seems doomed to failure in America.
(a) athletes.
(b) art.
(c) organizations.
(d) television programs.

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

5. Why does Moraga think she was assuming the role of chingon?
(a) Because of her repressed sexuality.
(b) Because of her hormones.
(c) Because of her physical strength.
(d) Because of her social status.

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

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

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

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

10. 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 wanted to adopt kids instead.
(d) They did not want to be married.

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

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

13. According to Moraga, schools are controlled by the government which has no interest in informing students about a heritage which might conflict with mythologies about ______________ glorious history.
(a) Spain's.
(b) England's.
(c) Mexico's.
(d) America's.

14. Women are discriminated against dependent upon which of the following situations?
(a) All of these.
(b) Social.
(c) Economic.
(d) Cultural.

15. Moraga states that her essay, "Out of Our Revolutionary Minds Toward a Pedagogy of Revolt" can be interpreted as a form of _____________________.
(a) Oppression.
(b) Racism.
(c) Liberalism.
(d) Anti-intellectualism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Octavio Paz?

2. Regarding intellectualism, Moraga talks not only about the content of various theories but also the methods and _____________ used.

3. Octavio Paz makes a distinction between partners in ____________________.

4. The feminist movement is dominated by _____________________.

5. According to Moraga, art is ____________.

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