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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 191 - 213.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Moraga, the educational system in America is flawed because it is dominated by _____________________________.
(a) White, upper-class men.
(b) Controlling School Boards.
(c) The government.
(d) Ignorant people.

2. Moraga states that everyone is always on the brink of _______________ in some way.
(a) Genius.
(b) A discovery.
(c) Annihilation.
(d) Disaster.

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

4. In "Loving in the War Years" to what does Moraga compare being in love during war?
(a) Trying to get a book published.
(b) Fighting with a lover.
(c) Being in a lesbian relationship.
(d) Arguing with parents.

5. According to Moraga, which is the only ethnic background that the American school system seems interested in informing students about?
(a) Italian.
(b) Western European.
(c) Asian.
(d) Hispanic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most powerful thing in the universe according to Moraga?

2. Chicana sexism is largely based upon the notion of _____________.

3. In "The Pilgrimage" a woman recalls her mother telling her that women would crawl into _______________.

4. Why does Moraga think her writing could be considered racist?

5. The right to passion drives which one of the following?

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