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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. What is the NBFO?
(a) The National Black Feminist Organization.
(b) The National Bisexual Founders Organization.
(c) The New Belief in Freedom Organization.
(d) The Negro-Based Feminist Organization.

2. What story is the monkey from that Gloria Anzaldua referenced in "La Prieta"?
(a) "Sufi."
(b) "Primal Attraction."
(c) "Puff Goes the Monkey."
(d) "Monkey Learns to Chaperone Pigs."

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

4. What happened on August 6, 1941, just four days before the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
(a) Billie Holiday's "Ella, Lena And Billie" came out.
(b) Billie Holiday's "Lady Day" was made.
(c) Billie Holiday's "Distinctive Song Stylings" came out.
(d) Billie Holiday's "Story Volume 2" was made.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As stated by the Combahee River Collective, what did "smart" equal?

2. 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?

3. What does NWSA stand for?

4. Barbara Smith says there is no such thing as ___________________.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Gloria Anzaldua's mother want in return for birthing Gloria?

3. What "click" did Beverly Smith claim still existed in the women's movement?

4. According to Gloria Anzaldua, what were the problems associated with power in her essay "La Prieta"?

5. How did Cheryl Clarke wrap up her essay "Lesbianism: An Act of Resistance"?

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

7. What did Beverly Smith claim was the problem with analyzing problems within the women's movement?

8. What did Michelle Wallace, as noted by the Combahee River Colective, state about the struggle to change the Black woman's condition?

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

10. Why does Gloria Anzaldua write?

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