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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Cherrie Moraga claim is possible in the poem "The Welder"?
(a) Power.
(b) Fusion.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Love of all.

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

4. The introduction of "El Mundo Zurdo: The Vision" claims autonomy is NOT __________.
(a) Togetherness.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Truth.
(d) Separatism.

5. What is the brown thigh bone carved with in "Give Me Back"?
(a) A rock from the ocean.
(b) The bare fingers of a woman.
(c) An eagle's beak.
(d) The teeth of a babe.

6. To whom is Merle Woo's letter written to? (January, 1980)
(a) Her lover.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her "ma."
(d) Her sister.

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

8. Who wrote the poem "I speak in an illusion"?
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) Llarona.
(c) Judy Lucero.
(d) Erin Wolf.

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

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

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

12. What is no black person in this country surprised about? (Smith/Smith dialogue)
(a) Slavery.
(b) Education.
(c) Oppression.
(d) Racism.

13. In Cheryl Clarke's mind, what does "take care of us" equal?
(a) Free us.
(b) Control us.
(c) Love us.
(d) Limit us.

14. What is the NBFO?
(a) The National Bisexual Founders Organization.
(b) The National Black Feminist Organization.
(c) The New Belief in Freedom Organization.
(d) The Negro-Based Feminist Organization.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the following: "I do not believe/our wants have made all our lies/holy"?

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

4. What does being a "Yellow Feminist" mean? (Merle Woo)

5. 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?

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