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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Gloria Anzaldua was born, what did Mamagranda Locha look for on her?
(a) A birthmark in the shape of a star.
(b) Signs of whiteness.
(c) A sign of greatness.
(d) Mulatto blood.

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

4. 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) Three months.
(b) Twelve months.
(c) One month.
(d) Seven months.

5. How does a woman who chooses to be a lesbian, according to Cheryl Clarke, live?
(a) Openly.
(b) In hiding.
(c) Submissively.
(d) Dangerously.

6. What does Chrystos pass around the circle in her poem "Ceremony for Completing a Poetry Reading"?
(a) A rock.
(b) A shell.
(c) A cloud.
(d) A leaf.

7. Cheryl Clarke identifies a lesbian as ________________.
(a) A woman who denies her sexuality.
(b) A woman who proves she is.
(c) A woman who dislikes men.
(d) A woman who says she is.

8. According to "Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers," what do "white eyes" not bother to learn?
(a) Our humanity.
(b) Our culture.
(c) Our past.
(d) Our language.

9. What did Gloria Anzaldua's mother want in return for her birthing Gloria?
(a) Her unconditional love.
(b) Her to forgive her for raising her badly.
(c) Submission without rebellion.
(d) Her to suceed.

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

11. According to Mirtha Quintanales, what is racism?
(a) A nightmare.
(b) A Big Monster.
(c) Unrealistic.
(d) A problem that will never go away.

12. According to Cheryl Clarke, of whom are black women envious?
(a) Wealthy women.
(b) Pampered "powder puffs."
(c) Women with morals.
(d) Women whom have made a name for themselves in the white man's world.

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

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

15. According to Barbara Smith, what does one woman state as the reason for not watching television?
(a) She is afraid of the news.
(b) She is an intellectual.
(c) She wants to live in reality, and television is fiction.
(d) Television gives such a twisted interpretation of life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Cheryl Clarke's mind, what does "take care of us" equal?

3. What kind of crisis does Hattie Gossett claim there is at the time of her book's release?

4. What is Gloria Anzaldua's main distraction from writing?

5. "Certainly ____________ is not just a white phenomenon." (Gloria Anzaldua)

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