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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "For it is only under a patriarchal structure that _____________ is the only social power open to women," according to Audra Lorde.
(a) Education.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Maternity.
(d) Gossip.

2. Who provided the scholarship for Gloria to attend the workshop on goddesses and heroines?
(a) Merlin Stone.
(b) Toni Bambara.
(c) Cherrie Moraga.
(d) Donna Rushin.

3. According to the author of "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman," what do "we" do when we put "acts of God" on an equal playing field with man?
(a) "Laugh in the face of humanity."
(b) "Spit on religious tradition."
(c) "Shrug off personal responsibility."
(d) "Choose to ignore honesty."

4. Who wrote "When I Was Growing Up"?
(a) Rita Dove.
(b) Nellie Wong.
(c) Qui Jin.
(d) Phillis Wheatley.

5. Who did the subject from "on not bein" marry?
(a) The first man to ask her.
(b) Her parent's choice of husband.
(c) A man who made her parents mad.
(d) The man who took her virginity.

6. According to Doris Davenport, what is wrong with the word "racism"?
(a) Too general and simplistic.
(b) Too much incorrect history.
(c) Too accepted.
(d) Too specific.

7. Of what race is Gloria?
(a) African American.
(b) Chicana.
(c) Indian.
(d) Spanish.

8. "All our saints have a few taints of _________," according to "Millicent Fredericks."
(a) Sin.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Humanity.
(d) Blood.

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

10. What was the narrator of "Dreams of Violence" awakened by in the writing?
(a) School children.
(b) Gun fire.
(c) Owls.
(d) Sirens.

11. Who is quoted at the beginning of "Children Passing in the Streets" as saying, "I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes"?
(a) Maxine Hong Kingston.
(b) Mitsuye Yamada.
(c) Barbara Smith.
(d) Chrystos.

12. Who staffs the Buen Muir Indian Trading Post?
(a) Indians.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Mexicans.
(d) Whites.

13. Why does Rosario Morales carry a "pole 18 inches long"?
(a) To protect herself from 13-89 year old men.
(b) To protect herself from America.
(c) To maintain her right to be proud of her culture.
(d) To protect herself from right-winged feminists.

14. In what year did the mother of the author of "La Guera" marry the writer's father?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1970.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "I Am What I Am"?

2. Where did the author of "La Guera's" mother work while lying about her age?

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

4. According to Chrystos, what is no longer considered a tool that can eliminate racism?

5. From the poem "And When you Leave, Take Your Pictures with You," what do "white sisters" love to own?

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