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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Malintzin's lover?
(a) Cortes.
(b) Wesenkinada.
(c) Kantian.
(d) Alarcon.

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

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

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

5. According to the introduction of "Speaking in Tongues: The Third World Woman Writer," a woman who writes has __________.
(a) Education.
(b) Power.
(c) Truth.
(d) Love.

6. What kind of crisis does Hattie Gossett claim there is at the time of her book's release?
(a) National employment crisis.
(b) National literacy crisis.
(c) World-wide literacy crisis.
(d) World-wide employment crisis.

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

8. What does Cherrie Moraga claim that she is NOT in the poem "The Welder"?
(a) A forgiver.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A miracle worker.
(d) An alchemist.

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

10. According to Cheryl Clarke, how many different kinds of lesbians are there?
(a) There is not only one kind of lesbian.
(b) There are four specific types of lesbians.
(c) There is only one kind of lesbian.
(d) There are two types of lesbians.

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

12. How long did it take for Gloria Anzaldua to believe that white is not better than brown?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Fifty years.
(c) Her lifetime.
(d) Thirty years.

13. "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")
(a) Compliment and disgrace.
(b) Breath and strikes.
(c) Kiss and sneers.
(d) Touch and demons.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What essay of Cherrie Moraga's does Naomi Littlebear refer to by referencing a six-pack of beer?

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

3. According to the Combahee River Collective, what did they claim as being recognized as being enough?

4. Who was Gloria Anzaldua's first love?

5. According to Mirtha Quintanales, what is racism?

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