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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. In the poem "on not bein," what is the subject's chest compared to?
(a) Needles.
(b) Blackberries.
(c) Pillows.
(d) Hershey's kisses.

2. In "Dreams of Violence," who is lying beside the narrator in bed?
(a) Her lover.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her dog.
(d) Her daughter.

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

4. Where was the author of "La Guera"'s mother born?
(a) Santa Paula.
(b) Oakland.
(c) Stockton.
(d) San Jose.

5. Who wrote "Dreams of Violence"?
(a) Martha Georga.
(b) Naomi Littlebear.
(c) Sarah James.
(d) Aaliyah Haughton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What metaphor does Gloria Anzaldua use to compare writing to?

3. From the poem "And When you Leave, Take Your Pictures with You," what do "white sisters" love to own?

4. What does Chrystos pass around the circle in her poem "Ceremony for Completing a Poetry Reading"?

5. What essay of Cherrie Moraga's does Naomi Littlebear refer to by referencing a six-pack of beer?

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