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

2. "All our saints have a few taints of _________," according to "Millicent Fredericks."
(a) Sin.
(b) Humanity.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Blood.

3. What was the narrator of "Dreams of Violence" awakened by in the writing?
(a) School children.
(b) Gun fire.
(c) Sirens.
(d) Owls.

4. When was "La Guera" written?
(a) October, 1963.
(b) July, 1956.
(c) January, 1990.
(d) September, 1979.

5. According to Barbara Smith, what does one woman state as the reason for not watching television?
(a) She is afraid of the news.
(b) She wants to live in reality, and television is fiction.
(c) She is an intellectual.
(d) Television gives such a twisted interpretation of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the narrator of "I Am What I Am" get her English accent from?

2. According to Doris Davenport, what is wrong with the word "racism"?

3. From where did the quote at the beginning of "on not bein" come from?

4. Who confided in Cherrie Moraga that he felt she didn't trust him because he was a male?

5. What does "braceros" mean?

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