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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Speaking in Tongues: The Third World Woman Writer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Barbara Smith, what book did African American students have a hard time believing was about "white people"?
(a) "The Sound and the Fury."
(b) "The Grapes of Wrath."
(c) "Invisible Man."
(d) "Diasy Miller."

2. According to the introduction of "And When you Leave, Take Your Pictures with You: Racism in the Women's Movement," women of color are veterans of____________.
(a) Supremacist ideals.
(b) Class and color war.
(c) Objectivity.
(d) Diminished self-worth.

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

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

5. According to the introduction of "Speaking in Tongues: The Third World Woman Writer," a woman who writes has __________.
(a) Truth.
(b) Power.
(c) Education.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the narrator of "Dreams of Violence" awakened by in the writing?

2. Who provided the scholarship for Gloria to attend the workshop on goddesses and heroines?

3. From what does writing save Gloria Anzaldua?

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

5. In what month in 1979, did Gloria attend a women's retreat in California?

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