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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Moraga reasons that the woman and the lesbian who killed the woman's children were reacting against ___________.
(a) Marriage.
(b) Motherhood.
(c) Men.
(d) Society.

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

4. According to Paz, the chingada is the ____________ partner.
(a) Aggressive.
(b) Faithful.
(c) Active.
(d) Passive.

5. The feminist movement is dominated by _____________________.
(a) Lesbians.
(b) The white, middle-class perspective.
(c) Angry women.
(d) Aggressive women.

6. According to Moraga, America is not interested in producing ________________.
(a) Saints.
(b) Revolutionaries.
(c) Militants.
(d) Oil.

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

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) Mexico's.
(b) England's.
(c) Spain's.
(d) America's.

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

10. What does Moraga feel is artificial and a product of society?
(a) Economies.
(b) Social structure.
(c) Language.
(d) Theory.

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

12. What was an inherent quality of the Civil Rights movement?
(a) Anger.
(b) Spirituality.
(c) Justice.
(d) Partnership.

13. What is the extreme goal of White Supremacists?
(a) Integration.
(b) Aggression.
(c) Extermination.
(d) Segregation.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Octavio Paz makes a distinction between partners in ____________________.

2. What has La Mujer Llorena's husband done?

3. A Chicana mother's adoration of her sons is an unconscious attempt to turn them into _______________________.

4. Americans need to be reminded that their history did not begin in what year?

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

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