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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Regarding intellectualism, Moraga talks not only about the content of various theories but also the methods and _____________ used.
(a) Rules.
(b) Tests.
(c) Strategies.
(d) Language.

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

4. According to Paz, the chingon is the ___________ partner.
(a) Uninterested.
(b) Passive.
(c) Active.
(d) Annoyed.

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

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

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) Gertrude Stein.
(c) Gloria Steinem.
(d) Gloria Anzaldua.

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

9. In Chicano culture, a lesbian is considered to be __________________.
(a) A mistake of nature.
(b) An unbalanced person.
(c) An outlaw.
(d) A misguided person.

10. A movement that has a _________________ is far more likely to succeed than a movement that is purely theoretical.
(a) Good organizational structure.
(b) Significant amount of money.
(c) High profile leader.
(d) Spiritual quality.

11. Repression can lead to a life of _______________.
(a) Study.
(b) Morals.
(c) Anger.
(d) Misery.

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

13. La Mujer Llorena is sentenced to spend eternity looking for ____________.
(a) Her children.
(b) Her authentic self.
(c) A good man.
(d) The moon.

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

15. Americans need to be reminded that their history did not begin in what year?
(a) 1492.
(b) 1803.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1692.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Sour Grapes: The Art of Anger in America," Moraga states that Americans are largely ignorant of which culture?

3. According to Moraga, America is a country in which people are so easily _______________.

4. Most lesbians claim that a lesbian loses the desire for __________________.

5. Chicana sexism is largely based upon the notion of _____________.

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