View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Paz, the chingada is the ____________ partner.

2. According to Paz, the chingon is the ___________ partner.

3. 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"?

4. According to Moraga, the feminist movement should pay attention to _________________.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

8. In "Canto Florido" to what does Moraga compare words that are never spoken?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the overall ethnic culture for the book. What influences does ethnicity have on Moraga's poems and essays? What is the time period of the poems and essays? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues reflected in the work?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the taboo of homosexuality in the 1980s. Compare and contrast homosexuality in America during the 1980s to homosexuality in America today. What major changes have occurred since then, including both positive and negative?

Essay Topic 3

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.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 867 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample