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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. Who wrote "on not bein"?
(a) Mary Hope Lee.
(b) Ai.
(c) Imamu Amiri Baraka.
(d) Maya Angelou.

2. According to the introduction to the first section of the book, what will readers find voices from?
(a) Men.
(b) Childhoods.
(c) Parents.
(d) Theorists.

3. According to an essay by Rosario Morales in April 1980, by what does "this society" divides us?
(a) Culture.
(b) Color.
(c) Gender.
(d) Sexuality.

4. What does "braceros" mean?
(a) White-skins.
(b) Wet-backs.
(c) Enslaved.
(d) Oppressed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Latin American culture dominated by as related in "But I know You, American Woman"?

2. What does being a "Yellow Feminist" mean? (Merle Woo)

3. Who wrote the following: "I do not believe/our wants have made all our lies/holy"?

4. What does Chrystos pass around the circle in her poem "Ceremony for Completing a Poetry Reading"?

5. What culture does Judit Moschkovich align with Latin culture?

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