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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 Gloria Anzaldua's mother want in return for her birthing Gloria?

2. According to Barbara Smith, what does one woman state as the reason for not watching television?

3. "There is no __________________ in poverty." (Gloria Anzaldua)

4. Who wrote the following: "I do not believe/our wants have made all our lies/holy"?

5. What is the brown thigh bone carved with in "Give Me Back"?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why did Barbara Smith claim that "virtually no Black person in this country ...is surprised about oppression"?

3. Why did Luisah Teish claim that men always put down herbal remedies? (From her interview with Gloria Anzaldua.)

4. Why did Cheryl Clarke state that being a lesbian is a dangerous act of rebellion?

5. Why did the poem "I sing to myself", as used by Norma Alarcon in "Chicana's Feminist Literature: A Re-Vision Through Malintzin," represent a key example for her problem with the parent-child relationship?

6. Why did the Combahee River Collective state that they were socialists?

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

8. What did Gloria Anzaldua's mother want in return for birthing Gloria?

9. What did Michelle Wallace, as noted by the Combahee River Colective, state about the struggle to change the Black woman's condition?

10. Mirtha Quintanales stated that all humans had/have needs that must be met. What, according to Quintanales, are the circumstances under which these needs are to be met?

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

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 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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