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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cecilia notice about Joyce when she sees her again after having separated?
(a) She is blind.
(b) She is limping.
(c) She has red hair.
(d) She is pregnant.

2. To which of the following oppressed groups does Moraga refer in "Hearts?"
(a) Homosexuals.
(b) All of these.
(c) Women.
(d) Hispanics.

3. According to Moraga's mother, a good man ___________________.
(a) Orders for the woman in a restaurant.
(b) Always opens the car door.
(c) Leads the woman in a dance.
(d) Walks on the curb side of the sidewalk.

4. What comes with admitting your sexual preferences?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Hate.
(d) Discrimination.

5. What is one of the main themes in this section of poems?
(a) Repressed sexuality.
(b) Lost love.
(c) Reconciliation.
(d) War.

6. What had Moraga and her mother suspected about her father?
(a) He was a closet alcoholic.
(b) He was unfaithful.
(c) He was a homosexual.
(d) He smoked pot.

7. What did Moraga know about herself from a very young age?
(a) She is adopted.
(b) She is a dancer.
(c) She is a poet.
(d) She is a lesbian.

8. Which of the following does Moraga say can live inside even the most liberal-minded person?
(a) Classism.
(b) Sexism.
(c) All of these.
(d) Racism.

9. What happens to Deborah when she and Cecilia stay at a friend's house?
(a) She has an anxiety attack.
(b) She learns to paint.
(c) She learns to cook.
(d) She breaks her leg.

10. Who is the main character in "Pesadilla?"
(a) Connie.
(b) Celestine.
(c) Cecilia.
(d) Anastasia.

11. What does Cecilia do when in her dream she sees Deborah on the other side of the window with the burglar?
(a) She calls 911.
(b) She smashes the window.
(c) She closes the blinds.
(d) She does not let her in.

12. How old was Moraga's brother's lover when he was killed?
(a) 12.
(b) 24.
(c) 17.
(d) 33.

13. What does Moraga call the groveling before the family matriarch?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Sign of respect.
(c) Docile obedience.
(d) Necessary evil.

14. Cecilia and Joyce become friends and ______________.
(a) Roommates.
(b) Business partners.
(c) Lovers.
(d) Lab partners.

15. How does Moraga visualize men in "Anatomy Lesson?"
(a) As soldiers.
(b) As dogs.
(c) As policemen.
(d) As priests.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following describes Moraga?

2. What can Moraga not completely erase from her life?

3. Moraga feels that she places herself at the mercy of ______________ which hates and persecutes homosexuals.

4. What do men need to do in order for women to give up their hearts to them?

5. What do Moraga and another woman do in "Modern-Day Hero" that does not require the help of men who try to assist?

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