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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. Between what two things does Chrystos believe that women of color must make a choice?

2. Who wrote "La Guera"?

3. What word did Gloria and Merlin wish to define for themselves, based upon their choice to leave a national feminist writers movement?

4. "Women who must sell _________________ for pennies a day" is a quote from "Wonder Woman."

5. What does Gabrielle Daniels claim is the only thing for which Millicent would rise?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. How do the poems "When I Was Growing Up" and "on not being" differ by point-of-view?

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

7. Why did Doris Davenport state that racist white feminists were powerless, spineless, and invisible?

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

9. What did Judit Maschkovich define as American and Latin culture?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many times throughout the book, internal struggles are blamed for the external problems associated with the women's movement. What purpose does the internal dissection of one's self serve in the women's movement, according to the authors that chose to identify this as a problem? Based on your reading, why do you believe that some authors chose to address this problem, and some did not?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you feel the the book was titled "This Bridge Called My Back"? What imagery does this title set up for the book? Is it a negative or positive understanding? Why?

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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