Loving in the War Years: Lo Que Nunca Pasó Por Sus Labios Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 126 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Loving in the War Years: Lo Que Nunca Pasó Por Sus Labios Test | Final Test - Hard

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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. Americans need to be reminded that their history did not begin in what year?

2. Who is Octavio Paz?

3. According to Paz, the chingon is the ___________ partner.

4. From what other institution can the women's movement learn?

5. What was an inherent quality of the Civil Rights movement?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is La Mujer Llorena and what is her story?

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

3. Why does Moraga say that minority culture art is almost destined to fail in America?

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

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

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

7. What does Moraga say was one of the defining characteristics of the Civil Rights movement and why does that factor improve chances for success for any movement?

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

9. Why does Moraga believe it is vital for artists to continue to create art that reflects their own cultural identities?

10. What is the distinction made between two partners in any sexual act as defined by Octavio Paz in "A Long Line of Vendidas"?

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

Describe the overall ethnic culture for the book. What influences does ethnicity have on Moraga's poems and essays? What is the time period of the poems and essays? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues reflected in the work?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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