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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Combahee River Collective defined the American political system as________________.
(a) White (male and female) rulemakers.
(b) Male dominated rulemakers.
(c) A collaborative of all Americans as rulemakers.
(d) White male rule.

2. 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 pride in their culture.
(c) Their power.
(d) Their honesty.

3. "The lesbian of color is not only invisible, she does not even __________." ("Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers")
(a) Exist.
(b) Live.
(c) Breathe.
(d) Prove her worthiness.

4. From "Billie lives! Billie lives!," what year has been declared the year of the bird?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1990.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1970.

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

6. 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.

7. According to the introduction of "El Mundo Zurdo: The Vision", what can women use as a source of power-if they use it?
(a) Inner strength.
(b) The pain of the past.
(c) The promise of the future.
(d) Vulnerability.

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

9. In her letter to Barbara Smith, Mirtha Quintanales tells Smith about ___________.
(a) Austin.
(b) Dallas.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New York.

10. What do black women, according to the Combahee River Collective, struggle with black men about?
(a) Self-actualization.
(b) Power.
(c) Racism.
(d) Sexism.

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

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

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

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

15. What drives Barbara Smith crazy, according to the "Sister-to-Sister Dialogue"?
(a) Women being taken for granted.
(b) White women choosing not to finish school.
(c) Black women taking steretypical jobs.
(d) Life not being fair.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What story is the monkey from that Gloria Anzaldua referenced in "La Prieta"?

3. What does NWSA stand for?

4. Who wrote the book "Bloodroots"?

5. "There is no __________________ in poverty." (Gloria Anzaldua)

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