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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 169 - 190.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Moraga refuse to give up her old typewriter?
(a) It still works.
(b) It has sentimental value.
(c) She can't afford a new one.
(d) It has brought her good luck.

2. Which of the following does the narrator do in "November Again?"
(a) Passes the naked woman.
(b) Picks up a stone.
(c) All of these.
(d) Licks the stone.

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

4. Why Moraga's mother asked her to speak to her father about his presumed homosexuality?
(a) She was more educated.
(b) She could calm him down.
(c) She was his favorite.
(d) She was a lesbian.

5. According to Moraga, whose language is the oppressor in American society?
(a) Liberals.
(b) Conservatives.
(c) White, upper-class men.
(d) The government.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Moraga, the feminist movement should pay attention to _________________.

2. Moraga states that her essay, "Out of Our Revolutionary Minds Toward a Pedagogy of Revolt" can be interpreted as a form of _____________________.

3. Assuming that works of art that are not built upon Western foundations and structures have no value is intrinsically ethnocentric and ______________.

4. Who was the Aztec princess who slept with Cortez, the head of the conquistadors?

5. According to Moraga, the educational system in America is flawed because it is dominated by _____________________________.

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