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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to Moraga, which is the only ethnic background that the American school system seems interested in informing students about?

4. What was an inherent quality of the Civil Rights movement?

5. What does Moraga feel is artificial and a product of society?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is La Mujer Llorena and what is her story?

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

3. Who is Malinche and why to Mexicans despise her?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define Octavio Paz' distinction between a chingon and a chingada. Which of these roles had Moraga adopted when she first started having sex with women? Why does Moraga say she adopted the position she did? What were the influences on her.

Essay Topic 2

The author uses more than one theme in the book related to culture and lesbianism. Identify at least two themes in the poems and essays and then cite an example to support each theme you name.

Essay Topic 3

Moraga is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphors, and irony and then briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.

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