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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. What is the extreme goal of White Supremacists?

2. According to Moraga, one of the many problems of academia is its obsession with _______________.

3. Why were the woman the lesbian who killed the woman's children reacting against motherhood as such?

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

5. Why could the feminist movement be considered racist?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 2

Name at least two forms of oppression that Moraga defines in her essays and then describe each of them as Moraga has described them. Then define them as you see them. What differences are there in the two views?

Essay Topic 3

The book is written in 1983 during a period of growth and prosperity in America. Explain the significance of the political and cultural events of the time on Moraga and other oppressed people. How would Moraga's life have been different if she were coming out as a Hispanic lesbian today instead of the time she did? Explain.

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