View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cecilia thinks of everything in terms of which of the following?
(a) Racism.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Social justice.
(d) All of these.

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

3. When had Moraga first heard the story of La Mujer Llorena?
(a) When she was in college.
(b) When she was a little girl.
(c) When she was 27.
(d) When she graduated high school.

4. Who is Octavio Paz?
(a) A Mexican author.
(b) A Mexican politician.
(c) A Mexican athlete.
(d) A Mexican singer.

5. Moraga speaks both English and ____________.
(a) Spanish.
(b) French.
(c) Italian.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Moraga, ______________ means more than one's own well-being or peace.

2. Why did Catholicism make Moraga miserable?

3. According to Moraga, true progress for racial and ___________ progress is impossible as long as white, upper-class men permeate institutions.

4. What is the literary device used by Anzaldua when she wrote that the United States-Mexican border was a "1,950 mile-long open wound"?

5. How old was Moraga's brother's lover when he was killed?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 214 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample