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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Moraga claims that excessive jargon leads to ________________ of the ideas upon which it touches.
(a) Criticism.
(b) Evasion.
(c) Validation.
(d) Marginalization.

3. Who is Octavio Paz?
(a) A Mexican athlete.
(b) A Mexican author.
(c) A Mexican politician.
(d) A Mexican singer.

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

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

6. Why could the feminist movement be considered racist?
(a) There are no provisions for Hispanic language translations.
(b) Asian women must be put on a waiting list to join.
(c) It pays attention to issues regarding white, middle-class women.
(d) There is a limit to the number of black women included.

7. How did Moraga cover up her feelings about having sex with a woman?
(a) She became angry.
(b) She became sullen.
(c) She became aggressive.
(d) She became silent.

8. 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) America's.
(c) Mexico's.
(d) England's.

9. What is the literary device used by Anzaldua when she wrote that the United States-Mexican border was a "1,950 mile-long open wound"?
(a) Simile.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Metaphor.

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

11. What is the theme in this section of the book?
(a) The frailty of the male ego.
(b) The role of politics in education.
(c) The interconnectedness of forms discrimination.
(d) The vulnerability of children.

12. In Chicano culture a sexually liberated woman is considered to be ____________________.
(a) Exciting.
(b) A whore.
(c) Impolite.
(d) An abomination.

13. According to Moraga, one of the many problems of academia is its obsession with _______________.
(a) Politics.
(b) Complex theory.
(c) Funding.
(d) Athletes.

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

15. According to Moraga, the feminist movement should pay attention to _________________.
(a) Young black women.
(b) Older Hispanic women.
(c) The Civil Rights movement.
(d) The Women's Suffrage movement.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Moraga, who does intellectualism serve?

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

4. What type of relationship do White Supremacists want with blacks?

5. Moraga states that her essay, "Out of Our Revolutionary Minds Toward a Pedagogy of Revolt" can be interpreted as a form of _____________________.

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