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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 140 - 168.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "La Guera" what does Moraga say made her life easier for her?
(a) Her light skin.
(b) Her social status.
(c) Her education.
(d) Her sense of humor.

2. According to Moraga, art is ____________.
(a) Theory.
(b) Political.
(c) Ethereal.
(d) Spiritual.

3. Why could the feminist movement be considered racist?
(a) It pays attention to issues regarding white, middle-class women.
(b) Asian women must be put on a waiting list to join.
(c) There are no provisions for Hispanic language translations.
(d) There is a limit to the number of black women included.

4. Who was the Aztec princess who slept with Cortez, the head of the conquistadors?
(a) Mellior.
(b) Magrid.
(c) Malinche.
(d) Mellita.

5. In "It's the Poverty," Moraga uses the imagery of ______________ to defend her outmoded form of communication.
(a) A vintage dress.
(b) A high school yearbook.
(c) An old typewriter.
(d) An old car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Americans need to be reminded that their history did not begin in what year?

2. Moraga grew up as a ______________ woman.

3. Moraga feels that ___________ which is/are based on some specific minority culture seems doomed to failure in America.

4. Moraga reasons that the woman and the lesbian who killed the woman's children were reacting against ___________.

5. Sexism is far more complex than _____________.

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