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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 did the subject in the poem, "on not bein," not ever want to be?
2. What does Chrystos declare that she is afraid of in "I Don't Understand Those Who Have Turned Away From Me"?
3. What does Gabrielle Daniels claim is the only thing for which Millicent would rise?
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. When was "La Guera" written?
Short Essay Questions
1. Given that Judit Moschovich did not equate "American" with imperialistic and racist, what did she equate "American" with?
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. According to Audre Lorde, what was the diversion task of black and third world women?
4. What does the first section of the book speak about?
5. What did Aurora Levins Morales decide was the issue that she had with Piri Thomas' book "Down These Mean Streets"?
6. According to Anita Valerio, how is the Okan described?
7. What did Doris Davenport describe as Black "wimmin's "aversion to white "wimmin"?
8. What is Barbara Smith's "inherent definition of feminism"? (According to the introduction of "An d When You Leave, Take Your Pictures With You")
9. How did Mitsuye Yamada say that Asian Pacific American women could make themselves more visible?
10. What is the meaning behind "Wonder Woman"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Do you believe that any "voice"was left out of the book? What voice do you believe was omitted from the view points? Why do you believe this voice was omitted from the book? Why do you believe that this voice would have added to the tone of the theme?
Essay Topic 2
Metaphors in many of the writings showed a comparison of ideals and objects that painted a very vibrant, and sometimes disturbing, picture. Choose three to five metaphors and discuss the importance of the metaphor, the point the metaphor was making, and the use of the comparison in making the point the author wanted to make. Did the use of the metaphor work? Why/Why not?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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