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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "It's In My Blood, My Face- My mother's Voice, The Way I Sweat"?

2. According to "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle The Master's House," what must "divide and conquer" become in the world?

3. According to the footnotes for Jo Carrillo's poem "Beyond the Cliffs of Abiquiu," to what land is the poem dedicated?

4. How does Doris Davenport write "women"?

5. Who wrote "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Doris Davenport describe as Black "wimmin's "aversion to white "wimmin"?

2. What did Cherrie Moraga state that she learned when she attended a concert where Ntosake Shange was reading?

3. Who lives in the marrow of the narrator in "I Walk in the History of My People"?

4. Given that Judit Moschovich did not equate "American" with imperialistic and racist, what did she equate "American" with?

5. In the poem "When I was Growing Up," what was life like for Nellie Wong?

6. What did Cherrie Moraga state as the driving force behind compiling the book "This Bridge Called My Back"?

7. According to Emma Goldman from Cherrie Moraga's "La Guera," how must one gain a philosophy from any event?

8. In the introduction, Moraga defined the different sections of the book. What are they?

9. According to Audre Lorde, what was the diversion task of black and third world women?

10. What is the meaning behind "Wonder Woman"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alchemy is discussed many times by many different authors in the book. Why does this word seem to be important for some of the authors, while others disregard it? How does the term create a positive image in some writings and a negative image in others? How does this word imitate the problems detailed in the book by the different authors?

Essay Topic 2

Some of the writings showed very personal reflections on the women's movement and the author's submersion in the movement. Other writings depicted a very sterile and emotionless presentation of the women's movement. Discuss the difference between the two very different stands on the problems associated with the women's movement. Which writings seemed to "better" present the problems associated with the women's movement? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

While the initial reasoning behind the women's movement were based upon problems associated with the power that men had over women, it does not seem to be limited to that singular problem any longer. What specific issues are discussed as being part of the reasoning behind the problems that the women's movement continues to face? Whom else do the authors blame for the problems that the women's movement faced/faces? Are these problems relevant, based upon the readings? Why/Why not?

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