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

2. What does Chrystos use to "mark out the space I am"?
(a) Knives.
(b) Wind.
(c) Water.
(d) Blood.

3. "Even though we go hungry we are not impoverished of ________________." ("Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers")
(a) Nurishment.
(b) Experiences.
(c) Life.
(d) Dreams.

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

5. From "Billie lives! Billie lives!," what year has been declared the year of the bird?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1970.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1990.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Gloria Anzaldua claims that women of color need to stop being compared to __________.

3. Where does the narrator of "Wonder Woman" reflect about other women doing the same things as she does?

4. To whom is Merle Woo's letter written to? (January, 1980)

5. What does the narrator in "Wonder Woman" wonder about the professor's wife?

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