View a FREE sample

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. What does Audre Lorde consider wasted energy, as related in"An Open Letter To Mary Daly"?
(a) Trying to be a feminist.
(b) Trying to change racism.
(c) Speaking to white women about racism.
(d) Speaking to feminists about racism.

2. What drives Barbara Smith crazy, according to the "Sister-to-Sister Dialogue"?
(a) Life not being fair.
(b) White women choosing not to finish school.
(c) Women being taken for granted.
(d) Black women taking steretypical jobs.

3. Cheryl Clarke identifies a lesbian as ________________.
(a) A woman who says she is.
(b) A woman who dislikes men.
(c) A woman who denies her sexuality.
(d) A woman who proves she is.

4. According to Cheryl Clarke, how many different kinds of lesbians are there?
(a) There is only one kind of lesbian.
(b) There are four specific types of lesbians.
(c) There are two types of lesbians.
(d) There is not only one kind of lesbian.

5. From the poem "And When you Leave, Take Your Pictures with You," what do "white sisters" love to own?
(a) Modern slaves.
(b) Authority.
(c) Pictures of "us."
(d) The promise that they are better than others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relationships are important to Gloria Anzaldua?

2. What book did Mary Daly send to Audre Lorde?

3. What does the author want to make changes in, according to "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman"?

4. Who wrote "Wonder Woman"?

5. According to Cheryl Clarke, of whom are black women envious?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 308 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample