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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the first piece of Hattie Gossett's book "my soul looks back in wonder/wild wimmin don't get no blues" written?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1980.

2. As stated by the Combahee River Collective, what did "smart" equal?
(a) Powerful.
(b) Sneaky.
(c) Powerless.
(d) Ugly.

3. From what does writing save Gloria Anzaldua?
(a) Her past.
(b) The life that she is running from.
(c) The lies that have been told about her.
(d) The complacency she fears.

4. Why can't Gloria Anzaldua sleep at night?
(a) She has lost her lover.
(b) Her mother has disowned her.
(c) The mugger said he would come and get her.
(d) Her father died.

5. Why does Beverly Smith get "so frustrated"?
(a) Life should not be lived in fear.
(b) The movement is not moving fast enough.
(c) Hate should not exist.
(d) She feels people don't understand where she came from.

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

7. Who does Cheryl Clarke believe to be the real enemy to lesbians?
(a) Balck men.
(b) Each other.
(c) "The Man."
(d) Heterosexual women.

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

9. According to Barbara Smith, what book did African American students have a hard time believing was about "white people"?
(a) "The Sound and the Fury."
(b) "Diasy Miller."
(c) "The Grapes of Wrath."
(d) "Invisible Man."

10. According to Gloria Anzaldua, who said, "Complacency is a far more dangerous attitude than outrage."
(a) Cherrie Moraga.
(b) Ai.
(c) Naomi Littlebear.
(d) Barbara Smith.

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

12. What relationships are important to Gloria Anzaldua?
(a) The ones with others and self.
(b) The ones with others.
(c) The ones within our culture.
(d) The ones with humanity.

13. Gloria Anzaldua claims ___________split her.
(a) Her mother's beliefs.
(b) People's labels.
(c) Her lover's questions.
(d) Other cultures.

14. What does Chrystos want to give "you"? ("Ceremony for Completing a Poetry Reading")
(a) A wind to fill your sails.
(b) The first bloom from a cactus.
(c) A wave from the ocean.
(d) The first daffodil opening.

15. How long did it take for Gloria Anzaldua to believe that white is not better than brown?
(a) Thirty years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Fifty years.
(d) Her lifetime.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the book "Bloodroots"?

2. When did the Combahee River Collective first begin to meet?

3. What does Cherrie Moraga claim that she is NOT in the poem "The Welder"?

4. Combahee River Collective defined the American political system as________________.

5. What does Hattie Gossett claim nobody cares about in the '80s?

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