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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In "La Prieta," what are "old selves" compared to?
(a) A favorite pair of jeans.
(b) A ratty t-shirt.
(c) An old shoe.
(d) A first love.

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

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

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

7. What did Hattie Gossett claim "is really a drag"?
(a) Finding one's own voice.
(b) Telling the truth about the women's movement today.
(c) Writing the introduction to your own book.
(d) Meditation with a guru.

8. Mirtha Quintanales claims that there is no such thing as __________.
(a) Honesty.
(b) A melting pot.
(c) Racism.
(d) Community.

9. What book did Naomi Littlebear send to Cherrie Moraga?
(a) "The Mirror Never Lies."
(b) "When Women Love Women."
(c) "The Sinner Inside."
(d) "The Dark Side of the Moon."

10. 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 promise of the future.
(c) The pain of the past.
(d) Vulnerability.

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

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

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

14. 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 power.
(d) Their pride in their culture.

15. What is the rape of Black women by white men considered by the Combahee River Collective?
(a) Political repression.
(b) A way to dehumanize.
(c) A way to keep black women submissive.
(d) Expression of power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Gloria Anzaldua's biggest fears?

2. "Your skin must be sensitive for the lightest _____________ and thick enough to ward off the ___________________." ("Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers")

3. On what night is Nellie Wong writing a letter to herself?

4. How does a woman who chooses to be a lesbian, according to Cheryl Clarke, live?

5. According to the Combahee River Collective, whose job is it to eliminate racism in the white women's movement?

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