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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. The right to passion drives which one of the following?

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

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

4. What type of relationship do White Supremacists want with blacks?

5. In "Entre Nos," Moraga states that she is connected spiritually with whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Moraga feel the feminist movement may be doomed to failure?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

LOVING IN THE WAR YEARS is a classic story of the search to find your true identity and the struggle to preserve it. What does that classification entail? Why does Moraga's work in this book fit into this category? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

In what way does Moraga say the feminist movement could benefit from studying the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s? What is missing from the feminist movement that was central to the Civil Rights movement? Why would the feminist movement be more successful if it would adopt this aspect of the Civil Rights movement?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the book. Why would Hispanics have lonely lives in America? What do you think about lesbians? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

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