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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The introduction to "El Mundo Zurdo: The Vision" relates that Third Women are especially vulnerable to____________.
(a) The oppression of men.
(b) The submission that turns a face blue with anger.
(c) The righting of the left-handed world.
(d) The many headed demon of oppression.

2. What is a "gorra"?
(a) A loved one.
(b) A sunbonnet.
(c) A dress.
(d) A grandchild.

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

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

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

6. As stated by the Combahee River Collective, what did "smart" equal?
(a) Sneaky.
(b) Powerless.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Ugly.

7. What is one of Gloria Anzaldua's biggest fears?
(a) Failing as a writer.
(b) Betraying herself.
(c) Sending out the wrong message to young women.
(d) Failing her mother.

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

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

10. What does Hattie Gossett claim nobody cares about in the '80s?
(a) Giving back to society.
(b) Writing.
(c) Black folks.
(d) Living morally.

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

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

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

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

15. Why does Nellie Wong bring up Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton?
(a) They endorsed her writings.
(b) They spoke about the women's movement.
(c) They killed themselves.
(d) They are black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drives Barbara Smith crazy, according to the "Sister-to-Sister Dialogue"?

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

3. To whom is Merle Woo's letter written to? (January, 1980)

4. According to Barbara Smith, what does one woman state as the reason for not watching television?

5. What does Gloria Anzaldua say that women have to lose?

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