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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. Which of the following does the narrator do in "November Again?"
(a) Passes the naked woman.
(b) Picks up a stone.
(c) All of these.
(d) Licks the stone.

2. What part of a woman's body does Moraga talk about in "For the Color of My Mother?"
(a) Hair.
(b) Hands.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Mouths.

3. Which notable person does Moraga mention in "What Does It Take?"
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Harvey Milk.
(c) Paul McCartney.
(d) Leonard Bernstein.

4. How old was Moraga's brother's lover when he was killed?
(a) 33.
(b) 24.
(c) 12.
(d) 17.

5. What images does Moraga talk about in "Winter of Oppression, 1982?"
(a) The September 11 attacks.
(b) The Holocaust.
(c) The My Lai Massacre.
(d) The bombing of Hiroshima.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What about herself does Moraga think is more fundamental than any religious affiliation?

3. What does Moraga call the groveling before the family matriarch?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Heading East" what imagery does Moraga use to illustrate how male-dominated society tries to marginalize women?

2. How does Moraga compare herself to her lover's dead brother in "No Born-Again Children?"

3. What role did the Catholic Church play in Moraga's acceptance of her lesbianism?

4. Why is writing in both English and Spanish a form of rebellion for Moraga?

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

6. 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?

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

8. Why does a woman think about her knees in "The Pilgrimage?"

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

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

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