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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Moraga's mother, a good man ___________________.
(a) Always opens the car door.
(b) Leads the woman in a dance.
(c) Orders for the woman in a restaurant.
(d) Walks on the curb side of the sidewalk.

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

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

5. What does Moraga contemplate in "Hearts?"
(a) How to be a good lover.
(b) How to make more money.
(c) How to recover from a war no one knew about.
(d) How to live a happy life.

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

7. In "The Slow Dance" Moraga's mother explained ______________ in terms of dancing posture.
(a) Politics.
(b) Society.
(c) Education.
(d) Gender roles.

8. 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.

9. What do men need to do in order for women to give up their hearts to them?
(a) Believe in their dreams.
(b) Support their causes.
(c) Give up their weapons.
(d) Act like gentlemen.

10. Moraga blames her mother's ______________________ with making her a poor lover.
(a) Cruelty.
(b) Religious beliefs.
(c) Dissatisfaction with her marriage.
(d) Selfishness.

11. In "The Voices of the Fallers," falling is compared to the experience of _________________.
(a) Being an open lesbian.
(b) Dying.
(c) Flying.
(d) Writing.

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

13. 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.

14. Many activists identify the oppressor as which of the following?
(a) Government.
(b) Capitalists.
(c) White men.
(d) All of these.

15. To what does Moraga compare her relationship with a male soldier in "The War Bride?"
(a) Falling down steps.
(b) Failing a class.
(c) Her relationship with her new female lover.
(d) Going to the dentist.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what faith was Moraga raised?

2. In "Fear, a Love Poem" what does the narrator say has been hard for her?

3. To whom does Moraga compare her friend's friend, Yves, in "For Amber?"

4. Cecilia thinks of everything in terms of which of the following?

5. In what way does Moraga say she can be racist?

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