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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. "Even though we go hungry we are not impoverished of ________________." ("Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers")
(a) Life.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Experiences.
(d) Nurishment.

2. What does being a "Yellow Feminist" mean? (Merle Woo)
(a) Being a community activist and humanist.
(b) Being a "tree hugger."
(c) Supporting peace worldwide.
(d) Loving all people.

3. To whom is Merle Woo's letter written to? (January, 1980)
(a) Her lover.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her "ma."
(d) Her sister.

4. What metaphor does Gloria Anzaldua use to compare writing to?
(a) "The tiger riding our backs."
(b) "The green of the earth."
(c) "The mouth of the dragon."
(d) "The wind that fills the sails."

5. When Gloria Anzaldua was born, what did Mamagranda Locha look for on her?
(a) A birthmark in the shape of a star.
(b) A sign of greatness.
(c) Mulatto blood.
(d) Signs of whiteness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of crisis does Hattie Gossett claim there is at the time of her book's release?

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

3. "There is no __________________ in poverty." (Gloria Anzaldua)

4. What did Hattie Gossett claim "is really a drag"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why did the Combahee River Collective state that they were socialists?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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