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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 do women of color dare to show the world? ("Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers")
2. "Feminism for you means working for the equality and humanity of women and men, for children, for the _________________ that is possible." (Nellie Wong)
3. "Even though we go hungry we are not impoverished of ________________." ("Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers")
4. How many months did it take for Hattie Gossett to edit her book "my soul looks back in wonder/wild wimmin don't get no blues" written?
5. From "Billie lives! Billie lives!," what year has been declared the year of the bird?
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. What does Gloria Anzaldua state is the reason that one resists the act of writing?
3. Why did Barbara Smith claim that "virtually no Black person in this country ...is surprised about oppression"?
4. What did the concrete objects in the poem "Ceremony for Completing a Poetry Reading" represent in reality?
5. What did Gloria Anzaldua's mother want in return for birthing Gloria?
6. How did Gloria Anzaldua describe herself as "Shiva"?
7. Why did Gloria Anzaldua claim that lesbians of color were invisible?
8. Why did the Combahee River Collective state that they were socialists?
9. Why did Cherrie Moraga, in the poem "The Welder," state that she was a welder and not an alchemist?
10. What did Barbara Smith claim about many lesbians being separatists?
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
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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