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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. Where did the narrator of "I Am What I Am" get her English accent from?
2. From where did the quote at the beginning of "on not bein" come from?
3. What was the name of the anthology that the author of "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman" taught for a segment of Ethnic American Literature?
4. Why does Rosario Morales carry a "pole 18 inches long"?
5. According to "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle The Master's House," what must "divide and conquer" become in the world?
Short Essay Questions
1. Name three of the problems that Doris Davenport named as part of the problem within the feminist movement?
2. 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?
3. Why did the woman in Lee's "on not bein" marry the first man who proposed?
4. How do the poems "When I Was Growing Up" and "on not being" differ by point-of-view?
5. Given that Judit Moschovich did not equate "American" with imperialistic and racist, what did she equate "American" with?
6. When did Mitsuye Yamada say that Asian Pacific American women would speak out?
7. What does the first section of the book speak about?
8. What does Rosario Morales say that she is in "I am What I Am"?
9. Who lives in the marrow of the narrator in "I Walk in the History of My People"?
10. What happened to Naomi Littlebear when she ran home after being attacked as a little girl?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many of the authors claim that they had to make personal changes to feel like they were part of the women's movement, while others stated that not changing was the answer. Discuss the different stands that the authors make in regard to personal change within the women's movement. When is change necessary? When is change not necessary? Why?
Essay Topic 2
"A woman with power is feared."-Cherrie Moraga. Do you believe that this statement is true? Why/Why not? How do some of authors support this statement? Do any of the authors negate this statement? Why/Why not?
Essay Topic 3
Time and time again, fear is a main theme by many of the authors. Discuss fear as a consistent problem associated with the women's movement. Detail different authors' perspectives on the problems associated with the existence of fear within the women's movement.
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