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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What humorous answer does Barbara Smith give to the following question that her sister poses to her: "Is there any oppression that women experience that is that total, in other words literally affects their physical well-being on a day to day basis?
(a) Heterosexuality.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Homosexuality.

2. To what does Rosario Morales compare "protective coloring in racist fields"?
(a) Shrubs.
(b) Carrots.
(c) Weeds.
(d) Cabbage.

3. How many months did it take for Hattie Gossett to edit her book "my soul looks back in wonder/wild wimmin don't get no blues" written?
(a) Twelve months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Seven months.
(d) One month.

4. Who was Malintzin's lover?
(a) Cortes.
(b) Wesenkinada.
(c) Alarcon.
(d) Kantian.

5. What do women of color dare to show the world? ("Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers")
(a) Human flesh and the red of their blood.
(b) Their honesty.
(c) Their pride in their culture.
(d) Their power.

6. What did Gloria Anzaldua claim changed her forever?
(a) Singing.
(b) Reading.
(c) Loving.
(d) Writing.

7. "Feminism for you means working for the equality and humanity of women and men, for children, for the _________________ that is possible." (Nellie Wong)
(a) Love.
(b) Honor.
(c) Faith.
(d) Acceptance.

8. Who wrote the following: "I do not believe/our wants have made all our lies/holy"?
(a) Audre Lorde.
(b) Sylvia Plath.
(c) Cherrie Moraga.
(d) Ai.

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

10. According to Cheryl Clarke, how many different kinds of lesbians are there?
(a) There is only one kind of lesbian.
(b) There is not only one kind of lesbian.
(c) There are four specific types of lesbians.
(d) There are two types of lesbians.

11. What is a "gorra"?
(a) A sunbonnet.
(b) A loved one.
(c) A dress.
(d) A grandchild.

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

13. What does NWSA stand for?
(a) Not Willing to Say Anything.
(b) National Women's Studies Association.
(c) Need Women Saying All.
(d) National White Studies Agendas.

14. According to Nellie Wong, if one sings about woe too often the person is accused of ___________.
(a) Being "too weak."
(b) Being "too personal."
(c) Being "too narrow-minded."
(d) Being "too limited."

15. According to Gloria Anzaldua, fears act like __________.
(a) Polar opposites.
(b) Magnets.
(c) Crushing blows from an enemy.
(d) Waves on the ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Beverly Smith get "so frustrated"?

2. Merle Woo claims that being a Chinese man in America makes the man a victim of _______________.

3. What does Gloria Anzaldua say that women have to lose?

4. Who wrote the book "Bloodroots"?

5. What does Cherrie Moraga claim is possible in the poem "The Welder"?

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