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

2. In Cheryl Clarke's mind, what does "take care of us" equal?
(a) Control us.
(b) Free us.
(c) Limit us.
(d) Love us.

3. What is Gloria Anzaldua's main distraction from writing?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Running.
(c) Dreaming.
(d) Eating.

4. Who does Cheryl Clarke believe to be the real enemy to lesbians?
(a) Heterosexual women.
(b) Each other.
(c) "The Man."
(d) Balck men.

5. What drives Barbara Smith crazy, according to the "Sister-to-Sister Dialogue"?
(a) Life not being fair.
(b) Women being taken for granted.
(c) White women choosing not to finish school.
(d) Black women taking steretypical jobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the NBFO?

2. From "Billie lives! Billie lives!," what year has been declared the year of the bird?

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

4. What does Chrystos use to "mark out the space I am"?

5. According to the introduction of "Speaking in Tongues: The Third World Woman Writer," a woman who writes has __________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Gloria Anzaldua write?

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

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

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

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

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

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