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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. According to Rosario Morales, who is capable of being racist?
(a) Only whites.
(b) Only women.
(c) Only those whom carry superiority complexes.
(d) Everyone.

2. "For it is only under a patriarchal structure that _____________ is the only social power open to women," according to Audra Lorde.
(a) Education.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Maternity.
(d) Gossip.

3. Who wrote out the checks for the author's mother when she was at the grocery store? ("La Guera")
(a) Her husband.
(b) The cashier.
(c) The author.
(d) Her son.

4. "We are women from all kinds of ____________________ streets." This statement is taken from Moraga's "Introduction and Children Passing in the Streets: The Roots of Our Radicalism."
(a) Determined.
(b) Mixed.
(c) Violent.
(d) Childhood.

5. Between what two things does Chrystos believe that women of color must make a choice?
(a) Culture and Americanism.
(b) Love of place and love of self.
(c) Ethnicity and womanhood.
(d) Womanhood and motherhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cheryl Clarke believe to be the real enemy to lesbians?

2. What "problem" is addressed in the first section of the book?

3. Who wrote the following: "I do not believe/our wants have made all our lies/holy"?

4. What nationality does the narrator of "I Am What I Am" find funny in the way that they speak?

5. What does the narrator say she is in "I Am What I Am"?

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