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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. Where did the narrator of "I Am What I Am" get her English accent from?
(a) National Geographic Channel.
(b) The BBC.
(c) Gospel Songs.
(d) Sesame Street.

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

3. What book did Naomi Littlebear send to Cherrie Moraga?
(a) "The Mirror Never Lies."
(b) "The Sinner Inside."
(c) "The Dark Side of the Moon."
(d) "When Women Love Women."

4. Who wrote "I Am What I Am"?
(a) Rosario Morales.
(b) Toni Morrison.
(c) Patricia Smith.
(d) Lynne Hanley.

5. What word did Gloria and Merlin wish to define for themselves, based upon their choice to leave a national feminist writers movement?
(a) Power.
(b) American.
(c) Entity.
(d) Feminist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote out the checks for the author's mother when she was at the grocery store? ("La Guera")

2. According to Cheryl Clarke, how many different kinds of lesbians are there?

3. In the poem "on not bein," what is the subject's chest compared to?

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

5. How old was the narrator's mother when she was the main support of her family? ("La Guera")

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