View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the anthology that the author of "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman" taught for a segment of Ethnic American Literature?
(a) "Aiiieeeee!"
(b) "Echoes Upon Echoes: New Korean American Writings."
(c) "Topography of War."
(d) "Voices Wandered: An Anthology of Poetry Art by Asian American Youth."

2. According to Doris Davenport, what is the cause of racism in white feminists?
(a) Fear.
(b) Bizarre oppression.
(c) Hatred of those not white.
(d) Miseducation.

3. "We are women from all kinds of ____________________ streets." This statement is taken from Moraga's "Introduction and Children Passing in the Streets: The Roots of Our Radicalism."
(a) Childhood.
(b) Violent.
(c) Determined.
(d) Mixed.

4. Who wrote "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman"?
(a) Wendy Law-Yone.
(b) Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.
(c) Gish Jen.
(d) Mitsuye Yamada.

5. Who wrote "For the Color of My Mother"?
(a) Rita M. Gross.
(b) Cherrie Moraga.
(c) Erica Jong.
(d) Ekaterina Sedia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who confided in Cherrie Moraga that he felt she didn't trust him because he was a male?

2. Who wrote "I Am What I Am"?

3. What did the subject in the poem, "on not bein," not ever want to be?

4. "Light was _________," according to the narrator in "La Guera."

5. According to Judit Moschkovich, what happens when a person denies who they are, where they come from, and how they feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Barbara Smith's "inherent definition of feminism"? (According to the introduction of "An d When You Leave, Take Your Pictures With You")

2. What is the meaning behind "Wonder Woman"?

3. What are three of the ironic questionings that Lim makes regarding women in her poem "Wonder Woman"?

4. What did Doris Davenport describe as Black "wimmin's "aversion to white "wimmin"?

5. When did Mitsuye Yamada say that Asian Pacific American women would speak out?

6. What does the first section of the book speak about?

7. What is the common theme that all of the writings from the section titled "Introduction and Children Passing in the Streets: The Roots of Our Radicalism" have in common?

8. What were Cherrie Moraga's and Gloria Anzaldua's hopes for the book?

9. Given that Judit Moschovich did not equate "American" with imperialistic and racist, what did she equate "American" with?

10. How do the poems "When I Was Growing Up" and "on not being" differ by point-of-view?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 970 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample