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

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

3. Women are discriminated against dependent upon which of the following situations?
(a) Social.
(b) Cultural.
(c) All of these.
(d) Economic.

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

5. In Chicano culture a sexually liberated woman is considered to be ____________________.
(a) Impolite.
(b) A whore.
(c) Exciting.
(d) An abomination.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chicana mothers usually prefer ___________________.

2. Why is a lesbian considered to be an outlaw in Chicano society?

3. A movement that has a _________________ is far more likely to succeed than a movement that is purely theoretical.

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

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"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Moraga learn about sexism from being raised a Chicana woman?

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

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

5. What are the circumstances that make the myth of La Mujer Llorena come alive for Moraga?

6. Why are sexually liberated women, and to a greater degree, lesbians, denigrated in Chicano society?

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

8. What does Moraga think might be the deep, real reason that women kill their children?

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

10. What does Moraga say was one of the defining characteristics of the Civil Rights movement and why does that factor improve chances for success for any movement?

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