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

2. According to Doris Davenport, what is the cause of racism in white feminists?
(a) Fear.
(b) Hatred of those not white.
(c) Bizarre oppression.
(d) Miseducation.

3. What author did the narrator from "I Am What I Am" read "thru three or four times"?
(a) Arthur Miller.
(b) James Fenimore Cooper.
(c) Dickens.
(d) Edgar Allen Poe.

4. Who was Malintzin's lover?
(a) Kantian.
(b) Cortes.
(c) Alarcon.
(d) Wesenkinada.

5. What does the "whirring voice" in Rosario Morales' voice inside her head tell her?
(a) "Stop. This is not your fight alone."
(b) "You will do great things."
(c) "The change is comming."
(d) "You don't belong."

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Nellie Wong, if one sings about woe too often the person is accused of ___________.

2. According to "Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers," what do "white eyes" not bother to learn?

3. Mirtha Quintanales claims that there is no such thing as __________.

4. According to the author of "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman," what do "we" do when we put "acts of God" on an equal playing field with man?

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

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