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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. When did the Combahee River Collective first begin to meet?
2. To whom is Merle Woo's letter written to? (January, 1980)
3. What humorous answer does Barbara Smith give to the following question that her sister poses to her: "Is there any oppression that women experience that is that total, in other words literally affects their physical well-being on a day to day basis?
4. Gloria Anzaldua claims ___________split her.
5. What does the "whirring voice" in Rosario Morales' voice inside her head tell her?
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. What does Gloria Anzaldua state is the reason that one resists the act of writing?
3. 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")
4. What drove Barbara Smith crazy regarding the arrogance of some white women? (Across the Kitchen Table")
5. What did Beverly Smith claim was the problem with analyzing problems within the women's movement?
6. What comparison did Cheryl Clarke make between lesbians and black women?
7. Describe the "smart-ugly" crystallization as described by the Combahee River Collective.
8. Why does Gloria Anzaldua write?
9. Why did the Combahee River Collective state that they were socialists?
10. Why did Hattie Gossett believe that it would be difficult to get her book out?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Time and time again, fear is a main theme by many of the authors. Discuss fear as a consistent problem associated with the women's movement. Detail different authors' perspectives on the problems associated with the existence of fear within the women's movement.
Essay Topic 2
Many of the writers detail specific things that a woman of color must do to help the women's movement become just that-a women's movement. They state that there are too many issues within the movement to move forward and make a real change happen. Discuss the different points that the authors make in regard to an individual's responsibility in the movement for it too succeed.
Essay Topic 3
There are many different references to "Left-Handed" and "Right-Handed" worlds. What is meant by both of these titles? How do different authors describe the meaning of "left-handed" and "right-handed" worlds? Why are these terms used as designations at all? What is the relevance?
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