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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 70 - 80.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Moraga's nationality is half-white and half ______________.
(a) Italian.
(b) German.
(c) English.
(d) Mexican.

2. What imagery does Moraga use in "Heading East" to compare how male-dominated society tries to marginalize women?
(a) A retail store.
(b) A pressure cooker.
(c) A factory line.
(d) A car with a hole in one of its pipes.

3. In "You Call It, 'Amputation'" to what does Moraga compare a phantom limb?
(a) The death of a parent.
(b) The inability to repress one's sexuality.
(c) A mistake made long ago.
(d) The loss of a lover.

4. Where does Moraga see the oppressor?
(a) Everywhere.
(b) In social services.
(c) In politics.
(d) In church.

5. When they are at a friend's house, Cecilia feels like __________________________.
(a) She wants to take cooking lessons.
(b) Her heart is closing up toward Deborah.
(c) She needs a vacation.
(d) She would like to stay forever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moraga always notice when her parents danced?

2. The woman in "The Pilgrimage" was a child at the time and wondered about _________________.

3. In "It's the Poverty," Moraga uses the imagery of ______________ to defend her outmoded form of communication.

4. Which of the following does Moraga say can live inside even the most liberal-minded person?

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

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