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

2. What is the rape of Black women by white men considered by the Combahee River Collective?
(a) A way to dehumanize.
(b) A way to keep black women submissive.
(c) Expression of power.
(d) Political repression.

3. Why does Nellie Wong bring up Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton?
(a) They spoke about the women's movement.
(b) They are black.
(c) They endorsed her writings.
(d) They killed themselves.

4. "Your skin must be sensitive for the lightest _____________ and thick enough to ward off the ___________________." ("Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers")
(a) Touch and demons.
(b) Compliment and disgrace.
(c) Breath and strikes.
(d) Kiss and sneers.

5. What book did Naomi Littlebear send to Cherrie Moraga?
(a) "The Dark Side of the Moon."
(b) "The Sinner Inside."
(c) "When Women Love Women."
(d) "The Mirror Never Lies."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does being a "Yellow Feminist" mean? (Merle Woo)

3. Mirtha Quintanales claims that there is no such thing as __________.

4. What is no black person in this country surprised about? (Smith/Smith dialogue)

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. Why does Gloria Anzaldua write?

5. Mirtha Quintanales stated that all humans had/have needs that must be met. What, according to Quintanales, are the circumstances under which these needs are to be met?

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

7. Why did the Combahee River Collective believe that they needed a collection of Black feminist writing?

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

9. 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")

10. How did Cherrie Moraga describe the similarities and differences between Third World women writers?

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