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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. 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) "Choose to ignore honesty."
(c) "Shrug off personal responsibility."
(d) "Spit on religious tradition."

2. What did Hattie Gossett claim "is really a drag"?
(a) Finding one's own voice.
(b) Meditation with a guru.
(c) Writing the introduction to your own book.
(d) Telling the truth about the women's movement today.

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

4. What metaphor does Gloria Anzaldua use to compare writing to?
(a) "The mouth of the dragon."
(b) "The wind that fills the sails."
(c) "The tiger riding our backs."
(d) "The green of the earth."

5. Merle Woo claims that being a Chinese man in America makes the man a victim of _______________.
(a) All races outside of Chinese.
(b) Sexism and racism.
(c) Chinese women.
(d) Mind and body.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the poem "I speak in an illusion"?

2. What was the name of the anthology that the author of "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman" taught for a segment of Ethnic American Literature?

3. Why does Beverly Smith get "so frustrated"?

4. Who wrote "For the Color of My Mother"?

5. Where did the narrator of "I Am What I Am" get her English accent from?

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