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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) American.
(b) Irish.
(c) British.
(d) Finnish.

2. What does Gloria Anzaldua say women of color cannot allow?
(a) Being tokenized.
(b) Being hurt.
(c) Being made fun of.
(d) Being dehumanized.

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

4. How does Doris Davenport write "women"?
(a) Wimmin.
(b) Wymin.
(c) Wymyn.
(d) Whimmyn.

5. Barbara Smith says there is no such thing as ___________________.
(a) An easy way to do things.
(b) Non-racist.
(c) Simplicity in life.
(d) A cure for racism.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle The Master's House," what must "divide and conquer" become in the world?

2. What does the author who was quoted at the beginning of "La Guera" hope that women can make their own?

3. What does the "whirring voice" in Rosario Morales' voice inside her head tell her?

4. What does Chrystos want to give "you"? ("Ceremony for Completing a Poetry Reading")

5. In what year did the mother of the author of "La Guera" marry the writer's father?

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