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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 40 - 68.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it called when an author writes in two languages?
(a) Duplicity.
(b) Duo-lingual.
(c) Twin language.
(d) Bilingual.

2. Cecilia thinks of everything in terms of which of the following?
(a) Racism.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Social justice.
(d) All of these.

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

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

5. What is the dominant theme in the poems in this section?
(a) The parental influence over lesbians.
(b) The difficulty of a lesbian accepting who she is.
(c) The discrimination against lesbians.
(d) The right for same-sex couples to marry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Moraga refuse to give up her old typewriter?

2. What does Cecilia do when in her dream she sees Deborah on the other side of the window with the burglar?

3. What part of a woman's body does Moraga talk about in "For the Color of My Mother?"

4. Cecilia and Joyce become friends and ______________.

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

(see the answer key)

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