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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 does Rosario Morales carry a "pole 18 inches long"?
(a) To protect herself from America.
(b) To maintain her right to be proud of her culture.
(c) To protect herself from 13-89 year old men.
(d) To protect herself from right-winged feminists.

2. "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) Childhood.
(c) Mixed.
(d) Violent.

3. What does the narrator croon in "I Am What I Am"?
(a) Rafael Ithier poetry.
(b) Jorge Arraiza songs.
(c) Skitzo rap.
(d) Carlos Gardel tangoes.

4. What did Naomi Littlebear say she tried to exorcise?
(a) Demons of love.
(b) Demons of hatred.
(c) Demons of communication.
(d) Demons of racism.

5. According to the introduction to the first section of the book, what will readers find voices from?
(a) Men.
(b) Theorists.
(c) Childhoods.
(d) Parents.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Barbara Smith says there is no such thing as ___________________.

4. Who wrote "on not bein"?

5. What happened to the narrator in the poem "For the Color of My Mother" when she was two?

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