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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Between the Lines: On Culture, Class and Homophobia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is quoted at the beginning of "Children Passing in the Streets" as saying, "I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes"?
(a) Maxine Hong Kingston.
(b) Barbara Smith.
(c) Mitsuye Yamada.
(d) Chrystos.

2. Who wrote "on not bein"?
(a) Imamu Amiri Baraka.
(b) Maya Angelou.
(c) Mary Hope Lee.
(d) Ai.

3. What did the subject in the poem, "on not bein," not ever want to be?
(a) White.
(b) Female.
(c) Black.
(d) Spanish.

4. What culture does Judit Moschkovich align with Latin culture?
(a) European Latin cultures.
(b) Island cultures.
(c) Spanish cultures.
(d) Latin American cultures.

5. According to an essay by Rosario Morales in April 1980, by what does "this society" divides us?
(a) Sexuality.
(b) Color.
(c) Culture.
(d) Gender.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cheryl Clarke, how many different kinds of lesbians are there?

2. In what year did the mother of the author of "La Guera" marry the writer's father?

3. Why was the author of "La Guera" pulled out of school at the ages of five, seven, nine, and eleven?

4. Mirtha Quintanales claims that there is no such thing as __________.

5. According the Doris Davenport, why is the feminist movement racist?

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