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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 nationality does the narrator of "I Am What I Am" find funny in the way that they speak?
(a) Finnish.
(b) American.
(c) Irish.
(d) British.

2. Who wrote the following: "I do not believe/our wants have made all our lies/holy"?
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) Ai.
(c) Audre Lorde.
(d) Cherrie Moraga.

3. Who wrote "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman"?
(a) Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.
(b) Wendy Law-Yone.
(c) Gish Jen.
(d) Mitsuye Yamada.

4. "Feminism for you means working for the equality and humanity of women and men, for children, for the _________________ that is possible." (Nellie Wong)
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Honor.
(c) Faith.
(d) Love.

5. 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?
(a) "Laugh in the face of humanity."
(b) "Spit on religious tradition."
(c) "Shrug off personal responsibility."
(d) "Choose to ignore honesty."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gloria Anzaldua's main distraction from writing?

2. What word have feminists "had it with"?

3. "All our saints have a few taints of _________," according to "Millicent Fredericks."

4. What did Naomi Littlebear say she tried to exorcise?

5. According the Doris Davenport, why is the feminist movement racist?

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