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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "It's the Poverty," Moraga uses the imagery of ______________ to defend her outmoded form of communication.
(a) An old typewriter.
(b) A high school yearbook.
(c) A vintage dress.
(d) An old car.

3. According to Moraga, ______________ means more than one's own well-being or peace.
(a) Poetry.
(b) Education.
(c) The truth.
(d) The future.

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

5. What was Moraga's feeling when she left her church?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Relief.
(c) Joy.
(d) No feeling.

6. 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 her driver's license.
(c) To get a college degree.
(d) To get over her last lover.

7. Why does Moraga say the women's movement has some latent racism in it?
(a) It will not acknowledge the needs of Asian women.
(b) It is populated primarily with white, middle-class women.
(c) It downplays the needs of Hispanic women.
(d) It will not allow black women to join.

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

9. Why did Catholicism make Moraga miserable?
(a) She had to go to Confession.
(b) She had to go to mass every Sunday.
(c) It condemned her lesbianism.
(d) She couldn't eat meat on Fridays.

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

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

12. Who is the narrator's lover in "You Upset the Whole System of This Place?"
(a) Anna.
(b) Emilie.
(c) Julie.
(d) Carrie.

13. With whom does Moraga identify in "No Born-Again Children?"
(a) Her lover's brother.
(b) Her best friend from high school.
(c) A cartoon character.
(d) A movie star.

14. What does the narrator see a woman doing in "November Again?"
(a) Cooking dinner.
(b) Riding a bike.
(c) Dancing naked on the beach.
(d) Reading a book.

15. What does Moraga say cannot be dealt with from a purely theoretical perspective?
(a) Gender identity.
(b) Education.
(c) Finances.
(d) Oppression.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "An Open Invitation to a Meal" the narrator is tired of being treated as a _____________.

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

3. Why is sex with her girlfriend better than sex with the male soldier?

4. In "The Slow Dance" Moraga's mother explained ______________ in terms of dancing posture.

5. Cecilia and Joyce become friends and ______________.

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