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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. Chicana mothers usually prefer ___________________.
(a) Their sons over their daughters.
(b) To clean their own homes.
(c) To host Sunday dinner.
(d) Their sons to be priests.

5. According to Moraga, true progress for racial and ___________ progress is impossible as long as white, upper-class men permeate institutions.
(a) Artistic.
(b) Political.
(c) Sexual.
(d) Religious.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Moraga, the university system in America is interested only in producing ____________________.

2. Various codes of sexual morality, especially the institution of marriage, are founded on the masculine desire to __________________.

3. In "Looking for the Insatiable Woman" who is La Mujer Llorena?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Moraga believe it is vital for artists to continue to create art that reflects their own cultural identities?

2. What are Moraga's thoughts regarding post-modernism's use of jargon leading to a marginalization of topics?

3. Why does Moraga use the feminist movement to point out how society has inherent prejudices?

4. What does Moraga feel is the source of the problems with primary education?

5. What is the distinction made between two partners in any sexual act as defined by Octavio Paz in "A Long Line of Vendidas"?

6. Why is sexism an even more complex subject than racism?

7. According to Moraga, what is the university system only interested in producing?

8. According to Moraga, how can the feminist movement be considered racist?

9. Why does Moraga say that minority culture art is almost destined to fail in America?

10. Explain one of the myths of lesbian sexuality regarding penetration and how Moraga's own experiences go against it.

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