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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. To whom is Merle Woo's letter written to? (January, 1980)
(a) Her lover.
(b) Her "ma."
(c) Her father.
(d) Her sister.

2. What relationships are important to Gloria Anzaldua?
(a) The ones within our culture.
(b) The ones with others and self.
(c) The ones with others.
(d) The ones with humanity.

3. "Light was _________," according to the narrator in "La Guera."
(a) Truth.
(b) Wrong.
(c) Hate.
(d) Right.

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

5. What does "la guera" mean?
(a) Dark-skinned.
(b) Fair-skinned.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mirtha Quintanales, what is racism?

2. What happened on August 6, 1941, just four days before the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

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

4. In what month in 1979, did Gloria attend a women's retreat in California?

5. Why does Rosario Morales carry a "pole 18 inches long"?

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