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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote the following: "I do not believe/our wants have made all our lies/holy"?
(a) Cherrie Moraga.
(b) Ai.
(c) Audre Lorde.
(d) Sylvia Plath.

3. Who was Malintzin?
(a) A goddess.
(b) An Indian princess.
(c) An Aztec nobel woman.
(d) A mythological fairy.

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

5. What does Gloria Anzaldua say that women have to lose?
(a) Nothing, they never had any privileges.
(b) Everything.
(c) Only their souls.
(d) Only their sanity.

6. What humorous answer does Barbara Smith give to the following question that her sister poses to her: "Is there any oppression that women experience that is that total, in other words literally affects their physical well-being on a day to day basis?
(a) Homosexuality.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Heterosexuality.
(d) Laundry.

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

8. According to the Combahee River Collective, what did they claim as being recognized as being enough?
(a) American.
(b) Black.
(c) Human.
(d) Lesbian.

9. What was one of the major issues that the Combahee River Collective began to address publicly?
(a) The lack of power for women in America.
(b) Racism in the white woman's movement.
(c) Racism in the women's movement.
(d) The power of the white man in America.

10. What did Naomi Littlebear say she tried to exorcise?
(a) Demons of communication.
(b) Demons of hatred.
(c) Demons of love.
(d) Demons of racism.

11. Barbara Smith says there is no such thing as ___________________.
(a) Simplicity in life.
(b) A cure for racism.
(c) An easy way to do things.
(d) Non-racist.

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

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

14. According to the Combahee River Collective, whose job is it to eliminate racism in the white women's movement?
(a) Third World Writers.
(b) White women.
(c) All women.
(d) Black women.

15. According to Barbara Noda, what sang out to her in "Lowriding Through the Women's Movement"?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. From "Billie lives! Billie lives!," what year has been declared the year of the bird?

2. When was the first piece of Hattie Gossett's book "my soul looks back in wonder/wild wimmin don't get no blues" written?

3. According to Barbara Smith, what book did African American students have a hard time believing was about "white people"?

4. Why can't Gloria Anzaldua sleep at night?

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

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