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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. "Certainly ____________ is not just a white phenomenon." (Gloria Anzaldua)

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

3. What does Gloria Anzaldua say women of color cannot allow?

4. The introduction to "El Mundo Zurdo: The Vision" relates that Third Women are especially vulnerable to____________.

5. What does Cherrie Moraga claim that she is NOT in the poem "The Welder"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What comparison did Cheryl Clarke make between lesbians and black women?

2. How did Cherrie Moraga describe the similarities and differences between Third World women writers?

3. How did Cheryl Clarke wrap up her essay "Lesbianism: An Act of Resistance"?

4. Why did Cherrie Moraga, in the poem "The Welder," state that she was a welder and not an alchemist?

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

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

7. What does Gloria Anzaldua state is the reason that one resists the act of writing?

8. What drove Barbara Smith crazy regarding the arrogance of some white women? (Across the Kitchen Table")

9. Why did Hattie Gossett believe that it would be difficult to get her book out?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Metaphors in many of the writings showed a comparison of ideals and objects that painted a very vibrant, and sometimes disturbing, picture. Choose three to five metaphors and discuss the importance of the metaphor, the point the metaphor was making, and the use of the comparison in making the point the author wanted to make. Did the use of the metaphor work? Why/Why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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