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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 40 - 68.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Moraga, ______________ means more than one's own well-being or peace.
(a) The future.
(b) Education.
(c) The truth.
(d) Poetry.

2. What did Moraga always notice when her parents danced?
(a) Her father always led.
(b) Her father had two left feet.
(c) Her parents made a beautiful couple.
(d) Her mother always led.

3. Many activists identify the oppressor as which of the following?
(a) Capitalists.
(b) All of these.
(c) White men.
(d) Government.

4. In "The Voices of the Fallers," falling is compared to the experience of _________________.
(a) Being an open lesbian.
(b) Writing.
(c) Dying.
(d) Flying.

5. What is the dominant theme in the poems in this section?
(a) The discrimination against lesbians.
(b) The difficulty of a lesbian accepting who she is.
(c) The right for same-sex couples to marry.
(d) The parental influence over lesbians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Moraga's various identities have particularly affected her life with _____________.

2. What is wrong with the narrator in "You Upset the Whole System of This Place?"

3. In "Loving on the Run" with whom does the rough girl spend a lot of time?

4. The rough girl tells the boys that she _____________ but they do not understand.

5. Why could Moraga relate to the Holocaust victims?

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