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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Moraga think she was assuming the role of chingon?
(a) Because of her hormones.
(b) Because of her physical strength.
(c) Because of her social status.
(d) Because of her repressed sexuality.

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

3. The right to passion drives which one of the following?
(a) All of these.
(b) Women's movements.
(c) Economic movements.
(d) Cultural movements.

4. About what school of thought is Moraga critical in this essay?
(a) Liberal.
(b) Post-moderism.
(c) Independent.
(d) Conservatism.

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

6. According to Moraga, which is the only ethnic background that the American school system seems interested in informing students about?
(a) Asian.
(b) Italian.
(c) Hispanic.
(d) Western European.

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

8. Proponents of post-modernism are notorious for using _____________________.
(a) Laptops.
(b) Highly technical jargon.
(c) Lateral thinking.
(d) Marijuana.

9. According to Moraga, America is a country in which people are so easily _______________.
(a) Persuaded.
(b) Rejected.
(c) Assimilated.
(d) Swayed.

10. Who was the writer who wrote that the United States-Mexican border was a "1,950-mile-long open wound"?
(a) Gloria Steinem.
(b) Gloria Anzaldua.
(c) Gloria Allred.
(d) Gertrude Stein.

11. Moraga found that when she first started having sex with women she was assuming the role of ______________.
(a) Chingada.
(b) Mentor.
(c) Chingon.
(d) Protector.

12. According to Moraga, the educational system in America is flawed because it is dominated by _____________________________.
(a) Controlling School Boards.
(b) The government.
(c) White, upper-class men.
(d) Ignorant people.

13. In "Sour Grapes: The Art of Anger in America," Moraga states that Americans are largely ignorant of which culture?
(a) Native American.
(b) Cuban.
(c) Hispanic.
(d) Italian.

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

15. 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) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Allegory.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chicano culture, a lesbian is considered to be __________________.

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

3. The feminist movement is dominated by _____________________.

4. What is a misogynist?

5. According to Moraga, true progress for racial and ___________ progress is impossible as long as white, upper-class men permeate institutions.

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