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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is one of the main themes in this section of poems?
2. According to Moraga, what can docile obedience do to a person?
3. Why does Moraga say the women's movement has some latent racism in it?
4. Who is the girl who meets Joyce in "Later, She Met Joyce?"
5. Which notable person does Moraga mention in "What Does It Take?"
Short Essay Questions
1. To what does Moraga compare the sensation of falling in "The Voices of the Fallers?"
2. Why does Moraga's mother ask her to speak to Moraga's father in "My Sister, Who Must Be Protected"?
3. In "Passage", to what is Moraga referring when she says something of hers has always belonged to other people?
4. What is Moraga trying to say when she presents lesbians as masculine?
5. What pressure did Moraga's family put on her and what did she learn about docile obedience?
6. What role did the Catholic Church play in Moraga's acceptance of her lesbianism?
7. What imagery of women does Moraga use in "For the Color of My Mother"?
8. In "What Does it Take" what does the death of gay activist Harvey Milk prompt Moraga to wonder about the attention that men get?
9. To what does Moraga compare being a lesbian in "Loving in the War Years?"
10. What does being part of a movement mean for Moraga?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author uses more than one theme in the book related to culture and lesbianism. Identify at least two themes in the poems and essays and then cite an example to support each theme you name.
Essay Topic 2
Name at least two forms of oppression that Moraga defines in her essays and then describe each of them as Moraga has described them. Then define them as you see them. What differences are there in the two views?
Essay Topic 3
Moraga claims that leaving the Catholic Church was a sad, but necessary, step in her evolution into being an authentic person. What did Moraga's Catholicism mean to her? Why did she feel she needed to step away from Catholicism to become who she truly is?
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