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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Various codes of sexual morality, especially the institution of marriage, are founded on the masculine desire to __________________.
(a) Sexually control his partner.
(b) Always be right.
(c) Be socially acceptable.
(d) Have children.

2. In Chicana culture, men are considered to be __________________.
(a) Funnier than women.
(b) More generous than women.
(c) Better dressers than women.
(d) Better than women.

3. 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 married.
(c) They wanted to adopt kids instead.
(d) They did not want to be single mothers.

4. Most lesbians claim that a lesbian loses the desire for __________________.
(a) Tough women.
(b) Penetrative sex.
(c) Romance.
(d) Dating.

5. 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) Metaphor.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Simile.
(d) Foreshadowing.

6. According to Moraga, most white people in America do not know ____________________.
(a) Anything about Hispanics.
(b) The time of day.
(c) The nationality of their ancestors.
(d) How to help others.

7. In "Canto Florido" to what does Moraga liken words that are thought but never spoken?
(a) Florida sunsets.
(b) Flowers which rest on the tip of the mouth.
(c) Songs of Florida.
(d) Flowers which bloom in the spring.

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

9. Assuming that works of art that are not built upon Western foundations and structures have no value is intrinsically ethnocentric and ______________.
(a) Accurate.
(b) Negative.
(c) Wrong.
(d) Racist.

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

11. A Chicana mother's adoration of her sons is an unconscious attempt to turn them into _______________________.
(a) The kind of man they wished they had married.
(b) Independent thinkers.
(c) Better family men.
(d) Candidates for the priesthood.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. Who was the Aztec princess who slept with Cortez, the head of the conquistadors?
(a) Malinche.
(b) Mellita.
(c) Magrid.
(d) Mellior.

15. From what other institution can the women's movement learn?
(a) Sports.
(b) Politics.
(c) Education.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Moraga, the educational system in America is flawed because it is dominated by _____________________________.

2. Repression can lead to a life of _______________.

3. About what school of thought is Moraga critical in this essay?

4. According to Moraga, one of the many problems of academia is its obsession with _______________.

5. Chicana mothers usually prefer ___________________.

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