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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. Why was the author of "La Guera" pulled out of school at the ages of five, seven, nine, and eleven?
(a) To work in a silk factory.
(b) To work in a factory.
(c) To take care of her ailing mother.
(d) To work in the fields.

2. Of what race is Gloria?
(a) Chicana.
(b) Indian.
(c) African American.
(d) Spanish.

3. What is no black person in this country surprised about? (Smith/Smith dialogue)
(a) Slavery.
(b) Racism.
(c) Oppression.
(d) Education.

4. According to Chrystos, what is no longer considered a tool that can eliminate racism?
(a) Culturalism.
(b) Education.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Feminism.

5. In "Dreams of Violence," who is lying beside the narrator in bed?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her lover.
(d) Her dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did Mary Daly send to Audre Lorde?

2. What does Chrystos declare that she is afraid of in "I Don't Understand Those Who Have Turned Away From Me"?

3. Who wrote "on not bein"?

4. Why does Beverly Smith get "so frustrated"?

5. What does the author who was quoted at the beginning of "La Guera" hope that women can make their own?

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