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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to the introduction of "El Mundo Zurdo: The Vision", what can women use as a source of power-if they use it?
(a) The promise of the future.
(b) The pain of the past.
(c) Inner strength.
(d) Vulnerability.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In her letter to Barbara Smith, Mirtha Quintanales tells Smith about ___________.

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

3. "Even though we go hungry we are not impoverished of ________________." ("Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers")

4. When Gloria Anzaldua was born, what did Mamagranda Locha look for on her?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Luisah Teish claim that men always put down herbal remedies? (From her interview with Gloria Anzaldua.)

2. What happened to Gloria Anzaldua when she began to write the essay "La Prieta"?

3. Describe the "smart-ugly" crystallization as described by the Combahee River Collective.

4. What drove Barbara Smith crazy regarding the arrogance of some white women? (Across the Kitchen Table")

5. Why did Cheryl Clarke state that being a lesbian is a dangerous act of rebellion?

6. How did Gloria Anzaldua describe herself as "Shiva"?

7. Why did Nellie Wong state that she will not stop working and writing? ("In Search of the Self As Hero: Confetti of Voices on New Year's Night")

8. Why did Hattie Gossett believe that it would be difficult to get her book out?

9. What did Barbara Smith claim about many lesbians being separatists?

10. What does Gloria Anzaldua state is the reason that one resists the act of writing?

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