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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 12 - 38.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Moraga know about herself from a very young age?
(a) She is adopted.
(b) She is a dancer.
(c) She is a lesbian.
(d) She is a poet.
2. What did Moraga always notice when her parents danced?
(a) Her father had two left feet.
(b) Her mother always led.
(c) Her parents made a beautiful couple.
(d) Her father always led.
3. In "The Slow Dance" Moraga's mother explained ______________ in terms of dancing posture.
(a) Politics.
(b) Society.
(c) Education.
(d) Gender roles.
4. What does Moraga call the groveling before the family matriarch?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Sign of respect.
(c) Docile obedience.
(d) Necessary evil.
5. What had Moraga and her mother suspected about her father?
(a) He was a closet alcoholic.
(b) He smoked pot.
(c) He was a homosexual.
(d) He was unfaithful.
Short Answer Questions
1. Cecilia and Joyce become friends and ______________.
2. According to Moraga, what can docile obedience do to a person?
3. What is it called when an author writes in two languages?
4. Who is Cecilia's lover?
5. Why Moraga's mother asked her to speak to her father about his presumed homosexuality?
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