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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 does Chrystos pass around the circle in her poem "Ceremony for Completing a Poetry Reading"?

2. According to Nellie Wong, if one sings about woe too often the person is accused of ___________.

3. When did the Combahee River Collective first begin to meet?

4. According to the Combahee River Collective, what did they claim as being recognized as being enough?

5. According to "Lesbianism: An Act of Resistance," in the Black world, who are the two free people in the United States?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Nellie Wong state that she will not stop working and writing? ("In Search of the Self As Hero: Confetti of Voices on New Year's Night")

2. According to Cherrie Moraga's introduction to the section "Speaking in Tongues: The Third World Woman Writer," what did first generation third world writers defy?

3. What did Barbara Smith claim about many lesbians being separatists?

4. Describe the "smart-ugly" crystallization as described by the Combahee River Collective.

5. What happened to Gloria Anzaldua when she began to write the essay "La Prieta"?

6. According to Gloria Anzaldua, what were the problems associated with power in her essay "La Prieta"?

7. What "click" did Beverly Smith claim still existed in the women's movement?

8. How did Gloria Anzaldua describe herself as "Shiva"?

9. Why did/does Barbara Smith believe that the white power structure did a good job on keeping women from bonding across racial lines?

10. Why does Gloria Anzaldua write?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alchemy is discussed many times by many different authors in the book. Why does this word seem to be important for some of the authors, while others disregard it? How does the term create a positive image in some writings and a negative image in others? How does this word imitate the problems detailed in the book by the different authors?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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