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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. To what does Rosario Morales compare "protective coloring in racist fields"?
(a) Cabbage.
(b) Weeds.
(c) Carrots.
(d) Shrubs.

2. Why can't Gloria Anzaldua sleep at night?
(a) Her father died.
(b) Her mother has disowned her.
(c) She has lost her lover.
(d) The mugger said he would come and get her.

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

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

5. "Certainly ____________ is not just a white phenomenon." (Gloria Anzaldua)
(a) Misunderstanding.
(b) Mistrust.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Racism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the following: "I do not believe/our wants have made all our lies/holy"?

2. Gloria Anzaldua claims ___________split her.

3. What was one of the major issues that the Combahee River Collective began to address publicly?

4. Who was Gloria Anzaldua's first love?

5. According to Barbara Smith, what book did African American students have a hard time believing was about "white people"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the concrete objects in the poem "Ceremony for Completing a Poetry Reading" represent in reality?

2. What comparison did Cheryl Clarke make between lesbians and black women?

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

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

5. Why did Cherrie Moraga, in the poem "The Welder," state that she was a welder and not an alchemist?

6. Why did the poem "I sing to myself", as used by Norma Alarcon in "Chicana's Feminist Literature: A Re-Vision Through Malintzin," represent a key example for her problem with the parent-child relationship?

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

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

9. According to Cherrie Moraga's introduction to the section "Speaking in Tongues: The Third World Woman Writer," what did first generation third world writers defy?

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

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