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

2. Why does Rosario Morales carry a "pole 18 inches long"?
(a) To protect herself from 13-89 year old men.
(b) To maintain her right to be proud of her culture.
(c) To protect herself from right-winged feminists.
(d) To protect herself from America.

3. According to Cheryl Clarke, of whom are black women envious?
(a) Women with morals.
(b) Wealthy women.
(c) Women whom have made a name for themselves in the white man's world.
(d) Pampered "powder puffs."

4. What state did the narrator move back to in her mind in "Dreams of Violence"?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Flordia.

5. What did the author of "When I Was Growing Up" long to be?
(a) White.
(b) Famous.
(c) Rich.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cheryl Clarke identifies a lesbian as ________________.

2. What book did Naomi Littlebear send to Cherrie Moraga?

3. How does Doris Davenport write "women"?

4. What relationships are important to Gloria Anzaldua?

5. What does Chrystos declare that she is afraid of in "I Don't Understand Those Who Have Turned Away From Me"?

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