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

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

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

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

5. According to Moraga, the abstractness of academia has a/an _______________ effect.
(a) Neutralizing.
(b) Invigorating.
(c) Revolutionary.
(d) Calming.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chicano culture a sexually liberated woman is considered to be ____________________.

2. Women are discriminated against dependent upon which of the following situations?

3. Chicana mothers usually prefer ___________________.

4. What is a misogynist?

5. Moraga grew up as a ______________ woman.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What example of writer Gloria Anzaldua's work does Moraga use to point out that academia gets lost in obsessions with complex theory?

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

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

7. Why does Moraga say she originally assumed the role of chingon in sexual relations with women?

8. In "Out of Our Revolutionary Minds Toward a Pedagogy of Revolt," why does Moraga state that the educational system in America is flawed?

9. 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?

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

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