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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through El Mundo Zurdo: The Vision.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nellie Wong bring up Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton?
(a) They spoke about the women's movement.
(b) They endorsed her writings.
(c) They are black.
(d) They killed themselves.

2. When was "La Guera" written?
(a) January, 1990.
(b) October, 1963.
(c) July, 1956.
(d) September, 1979.

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

4. In the poem "on not bein," what is the subject's chest compared to?
(a) Blackberries.
(b) Hershey's kisses.
(c) Needles.
(d) Pillows.

5. What happened on August 6, 1941, just four days before the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
(a) Billie Holiday's "Lady Day" was made.
(b) Billie Holiday's "Ella, Lena And Billie" came out.
(c) Billie Holiday's "Story Volume 2" was made.
(d) Billie Holiday's "Distinctive Song Stylings" came out.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Barbara Smith, what book did African American students have a hard time believing was about "white people"?

2. "We challenge symptoms of the disease while neglecting the _________________," as related in "The Pathology of Racism" by Davenport.

3. What happened to the narrator in the poem "For the Color of My Mother" when she was two?

4. According to Barbara Noda, what sang out to her in "Lowriding Through the Women's Movement"?

5. Who wrote "It's In My Blood, My Face- My mother's Voice, The Way I Sweat"?

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