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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. As stated by the Combahee River Collective, what did "smart" equal?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Powerless.
(c) Sneaky.
(d) Powerful.

2. What does the "whirring voice" in Rosario Morales' voice inside her head tell her?
(a) "Stop. This is not your fight alone."
(b) "You will do great things."
(c) "The change is comming."
(d) "You don't belong."

3. What is no black person in this country surprised about? (Smith/Smith dialogue)
(a) Racism.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Education.

4. According to Gloria Anzaldua, fears act like __________.
(a) Crushing blows from an enemy.
(b) Polar opposites.
(c) Waves on the ocean.
(d) Magnets.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Gloria Anzaldua sleep at night?

2. To what does Rosario Morales compare "protective coloring in racist fields"?

3. Merle Woo claims that being a Chinese man in America makes the man a victim of _______________.

4. According to Cheryl Clarke, how many different kinds of lesbians are there?

5. What does Gloria Anzaldua say women of color cannot allow?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. Why did Barbara Smith claim that "virtually no Black person in this country ...is surprised about oppression"?

6. Why did Gloria Anzaldua claim that lesbians of color were invisible?

7. 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?

8. According to Gloria Anzaldua, what did she believe that white men expected of Third World women if they wanted to make it in a "right-handed world"?

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

10. 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")

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