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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. "All our saints have a few taints of _________," according to "Millicent Fredericks."
2. What does the narrator croon in "I Am What I Am"?
3. How old was the narrator's mother when she was the main support of her family? ("La Guera")
4. According to the author of "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman," what do "we" do when we put "acts of God" on an equal playing field with man?
5. According to Cherrie Moraga, what does lesbianism equal in "this country"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Aurora Levins Morales decide was the issue that she had with Piri Thomas' book "Down These Mean Streets"?
2. When did Mitsuye Yamada say that Asian Pacific American women would speak out?
3. What did Aurora Levins Morales' friend Ceci say must change for things to be different so the daughters of Latinos could be free?
4. What are three of the ironic questionings that Lim makes regarding women in her poem "Wonder Woman"?
5. In the poem "When I was Growing Up," what was life like for Nellie Wong?
6. Who lives in the marrow of the narrator in "I Walk in the History of My People"?
7. What did Cherrie Moraga state that she learned when she attended a concert where Ntosake Shange was reading?
8. What questions did Anita Valerio discuss regarding the holy woman?
9. Given that Judit Moschovich did not equate "American" with imperialistic and racist, what did she equate "American" with?
10. How do the poems "When I Was Growing Up" and "on not being" differ by point-of-view?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Lesbianism within the women's movement seems to create problems, according to many of the lesbian authors. How do they describe the difficulty of being a lesbian within the women's movement? Why do some of the authors claim that being a lesbian within the movement creates problems of its own?
Essay Topic 2
Many of the authors state the importance of writing in the movement. What does the author state as the importance of writing? What does writing do for these authors? What purpose does writing serve in the women's movement?
Essay Topic 3
Many of the authors reference other authors that have contributed to the collaboration of "This Bridge Called My Back." Why do you think that this is the case? What do you believe is positive about referencing a co-writer? What do you believe is negative about referencing a co-writer?
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