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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. La Mujer Llorena is sentenced to spend eternity looking for ____________.

2. Sexism is far more complex than _____________.

3. Moraga claims that excessive jargon leads to ________________ of the ideas upon which it touches.

4. Why were the woman the lesbian who killed the woman's children reacting against motherhood as such?

5. What is a misogynist?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What example of writer Gloria Anzaldua's work does Moraga use to point out that academia gets lost in obsessions with complex theory?

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

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

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

7. In "Out of Our Revolutionary Minds Toward a Pedagogy of Revolt," why does Moraga state that the educational system in America is flawed?

8. Why does Moraga use the feminist movement to point out how society has inherent prejudices?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Moraga's anger in her poetry. Is it obvious or subtle? What about Moraga's essays? Does she even try to disguise her anger? What does she hope to accomplish by making her anger public?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The book is written in 1983 during a period of growth and prosperity in America. Explain the significance of the political and cultural events of the time on Moraga and other oppressed people. How would Moraga's life have been different if she were coming out as a Hispanic lesbian today instead of the time she did? Explain.

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