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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. According to Nellie Wong, if one sings about woe too often the person is accused of ___________.
2. What did Gloria Anzaldua's mother want in return for her birthing Gloria?
3. What metaphor does Gloria Anzaldua use to compare writing to?
4. What story is the monkey from that Gloria Anzaldua referenced in "La Prieta"?
5. According to the Combahee River Collective, what did they claim as being recognized as being enough?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Gloria Anzaldua, what did she believe that white men expected of Third World women if they wanted to make it in a "right-handed world"?
2. Why did Gloria Anzaldua claim that lesbians of color were invisible?
3. Why did Hattie Gossett believe that it would be difficult to get her book out?
4. Why did Barbara Smith claim that "virtually no Black person in this country ...is surprised about oppression"?
5. Why did Cherrie Moraga, in the poem "The Welder," state that she was a welder and not an alchemist?
6. What comparison did Cheryl Clarke make between lesbians and black women?
7. According to Gloria Anzaldua, what were the problems associated with power in her essay "La Prieta"?
8. What did Barbara Smith claim about many lesbians being separatists?
9. Why did the Combahee River Collective believe that they needed a collection of Black feminist writing?
10. What did the concrete objects in the poem "Ceremony for Completing a Poetry Reading" represent in reality?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
The book "This Bridge Called My Back" takes into consideration many different view points on the problems associated with the women's movement. Discuss in detail the variety of viewpoints notated in the book. What "label" does the author fit into? What does the author state as the problems in the movement? How does she detail the ways for the problems to be fixed?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss your personal feelings on the writings in the book. Take into consideration your own racial history. How do you feel about what was stated in the book? If you have negative feelings about specific statements, why do you feel that way? Do you find yourself strongly agreeing with/ or disagreeing with any of the statements? Why?
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