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

2. In "Salvation, Jesus, and Suffer" where is Moraga working?
(a) A pizzeria.
(b) A flower shop.
(c) A factory.
(d) A restaurant.

3. From which woman did all the women in Moraga's family want approval?
(a) Mother.
(b) Great Grandmother.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Great Aunt.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Moraga see the oppressor?

2. What images does Moraga talk about in "Winter of Oppression, 1982?"

3. Who is the narrator's lover in "You Upset the Whole System of This Place?"

4. What had Moraga and her mother suspected about her father?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What pressure did Moraga's family put on her and what did she learn about docile obedience?

2. What imagery with weapons does Moraga give men in "Anatomy Lesson?"

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

4. What is one of the main themes in this section of poems?

5. What is Moraga trying to say when she presents lesbians as masculine?

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

7. 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?

8. What does Moraga learn about her parents' relationship in "The Slow Dance"?

9. What does being part of a movement mean for Moraga?

10. How does Moraga use the metaphor of a phantom limb to describe repressed sexuality in "You Call It, 'Amputation'"?

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