1. "Certainly ____________ is not just a white phenomenon." (Gloria Anzaldua)
(a) Hatred.
(b) Mistrust.
(c) Racism.
(d) Misunderstanding.

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?
(a) "Topography of War."
(b) "Aiiieeeee!"
(c) "Voices Wandered: An Anthology of Poetry Art by Asian American Youth."
(d) "Echoes Upon Echoes: New Korean American Writings."

3. Why does Chrystos claim that white women are so rarely loyal?
(a) They think they are above everyone else.
(b) They do not have to be.
(c) No one has shown them loyalty in return.
(d) They do not know how to be.

4. According to the introduction of "Speaking in Tongues: The Third World Woman Writer," a woman who writes has __________.
(a) Power.
(b) Education.
(c) Love.
(d) Truth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "We are women from all kinds of ____________________ streets." This statement is taken from Moraga's "Introduction and Children Passing in the Streets: The Roots of Our Radicalism."

2. According to Barbara Smith, what does one woman state as the reason for not watching television?

3. In "La Prieta," what are "old selves" compared to?

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

5. When was the first piece of Hattie Gossett's book "my soul looks back in wonder/wild wimmin don't get no blues" written?

(see the answer key)

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