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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Passage" Moraga speaks about how her _____________ has never been hers to do with as she pleases.
(a) Money.
(b) Vagina.
(c) Car.
(d) Life.

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

3. Why does Moraga think her writing could be considered racist?
(a) It reflects the polished, academic style taught in college.
(b) She uses ghetto slang too often.
(c) She writes in Spanish too much.
(d) She switched back and forth between English and Spanish.

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

5. What is the war that Moraga talks about in "Hearts?"
(a) The Civil Rights war.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) The War on Poverty.
(d) The battle waged by oppressed groups.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The woman in "The Pilgrimage" was a child at the time and wondered about _________________.

4. Who is the girl who meets Joyce in "Later, She Met Joyce?"

5. Where does Moraga see the oppressor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the dominant theme in this set of poems?

2. In "Winter of Oppression, 1982" Moraga recalls seeing horrifying images of the Holocaust but why is Moraga even more shocked to see pictures of black lynchings?

3. In "La Guera" when does Moraga say that she began to understand oppression in the world?

4. To what does Moraga compare the sensation of falling in "The Voices of the Fallers?"

5. What is Moraga's message in "An Open Invitation to a Meal?"

6. In "Passage", to what is Moraga referring when she says something of hers has always belonged to other people?

7. What does a girl named Cecilia learn in "Later, She Met Joyce?"

8. Why does Moraga say it is important for any activist to realize that oppression is not just exterior and how is the women's movement a subtle form of racism?

9. What imagery of women does Moraga use in "For the Color of My Mother"?

10. What example does Moraga give about how she, herself, is guilty of oppressive behavior?

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