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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 wrong with the narrator in "You Upset the Whole System of This Place?"

2. What makes Cecilia and Deborah leave their apartment?

3. With whom does Moraga identify in "No Born-Again Children?"

4. In what way does Moraga say she can be racist?

5. Who is the narrator's lover in "You Upset the Whole System of This Place?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What pressure did Moraga's family put on her and what did she learn about docile obedience?

2. In "Hearts" to what war is Moraga referring when she talks about a war no one really knew about?

3. In "Heading East" what imagery does Moraga use to illustrate how male-dominated society tries to marginalize women?

4. In "Passage", to what is Moraga referring when she says something of hers has always belonged to other people?

5. How does Moraga use the metaphor of a phantom limb to describe repressed sexuality in "You Call It, 'Amputation'"?

6. What imagery with weapons does Moraga give men in "Anatomy Lesson?"

7. What important lesson does Moraga learn about oppression and marginalization when it hits close to home?

8. What does being part of a movement mean for Moraga?

9. What does Moraga learn about her parents' relationship in "The Slow Dance"?

10. How does Moraga compare herself to her lover's dead brother in "No Born-Again Children?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Moraga claims that leaving the Catholic Church was a sad, but necessary, step in her evolution into being an authentic person. What did Moraga's Catholicism mean to her? Why did she feel she needed to step away from Catholicism to become who she truly is?

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