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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Moraga feels that she places herself at the mercy of ______________ which hates and persecutes homosexuals.
(a) A political system.
(b) A religion.
(c) An education system.
(d) A society.

2. Why could Moraga relate to the Holocaust victims?
(a) She went to college with Jewish kids.
(b) They were white with "unusual" last names.
(c) Spanish people were also persecuted.
(d) She is part-Jewish.

3. What does Cecilia notice about Joyce when she sees her again after having separated?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is limping.
(c) She has red hair.
(d) She is blind.

4. In "Fear, a Love Poem" what does the narrator say has been hard for her?
(a) To accept herself for who she is.
(b) To get a college degree.
(c) To get her driver's license.
(d) To get over her last lover.

5. In what way does Moraga say she can be racist?
(a) In the books she reads.
(b) In her clothes.
(c) In her language.
(d) In her choice of friends.

6. In "It Got Her Over" who does Moraga say both receives benefits and bears guilt due to race?
(a) A black woman.
(b) A white woman.
(c) An Asian woman.
(d) A Hispanic woman.

7. Which of the following describes Moraga?
(a) All of these.
(b) Lesbian.
(c) Lapsed Catholic.
(d) Hispanic.

8. In "An Open Invitation to a Meal" the narrator is tired of being treated as a _____________.
(a) Burrito.
(b) Pork chop.
(c) Leftover.
(d) Dessert.

9. Why is sex with her girlfriend better than sex with the male soldier?
(a) It is more meaningful.
(b) It is more than a one-night stand.
(c) It is more passionate and loving.
(d) It is quieter.

10. What makes Cecilia and Deborah leave their apartment?
(a) It was being painted.
(b) It was being fumigated.
(c) The wood floors were being refinished.
(d) It was burglarized.

11. How did Moraga feel within her church?
(a) Like she was a saint.
(b) Like she never gave enough.
(c) Like she could be a preacher.
(d) Like she was damned.

12. The rough girl tells the boys that she _____________ but they do not understand.
(a) is ambidextrous.
(b) is bilingual.
(c) is a poet.
(d) is a lesbian.

13. What can Moraga not completely erase from her life?
(a) Childhood friends.
(b) Religious upbringing.
(c) Bad grades.
(d) Bad lovers.

14. Moraga belongs to both the feminist and _____________ movements.
(a) Independent.
(b) Democratic.
(c) liberal.
(d) queer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From which woman did all the women in Moraga's family want approval?

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

3. What is the war that Moraga talks about in "Hearts?"

4. According to Moraga, what can docile obedience do to a person?

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

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