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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. What was the narrator of "Dreams of Violence" awakened by in the writing?

2. What word have feminists "had it with"?

3. "Light was _________," according to the narrator in "La Guera."

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

5. According to the introduction to the first section of the book, what will readers find voices from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When did Mitsuye Yamada say that Asian Pacific American women would speak out?

3. What are three of the ironic questionings that Lim makes regarding women in her poem "Wonder Woman"?

4. What did Cherrie Moraga ask Aurora Levins Morales to write about, and what did Morales choose to write about?

5. What is the common theme that all of the writings from the section titled "Introduction and Children Passing in the Streets: The Roots of Our Radicalism" have in common?

6. What did Aurora Levins Morales decide was the issue that she had with Piri Thomas' book "Down These Mean Streets"?

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

8. According to Anita Valerio, how is the Okan described?

9. What is Barbara Smith's "inherent definition of feminism"? (According to the introduction of "An d When You Leave, Take Your Pictures With You")

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

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

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

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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