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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 does Moraga call the groveling before the family matriarch?
(a) Sign of respect.
(b) Docile obedience.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Necessary evil.

2. In "It Got Her Over" who does Moraga say both receives benefits and bears guilt due to race?
(a) A black woman.
(b) A Hispanic woman.
(c) A white woman.
(d) An Asian woman.

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

4. Who is Cecilia's lover?
(a) Dolores.
(b) Deborah.
(c) Anne Marie.
(d) Maggie.

5. Which of the following describes Moraga?
(a) Hispanic.
(b) All of these.
(c) Lesbian.
(d) Lapsed Catholic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What had happened to Moraga's lover's brother?

3. What does a crazy woman do in the restaurant where Moraga is working?

4. Why does Moraga think her writing could be considered racist?

5. How does Moraga visualize men in "Anatomy Lesson?"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. To what does Moraga compare being a lesbian in "Loving in the War Years?"

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. In "What Does it Take" what does the death of gay activist Harvey Milk prompt Moraga to wonder about the attention that men get?

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

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

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

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