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

2. According to Gloria Anzaldua, fears act like __________.

3. Gloria Anzaldua claims that women of color need to stop being compared to __________.

4. What happened on August 6, 1941, just four days before the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

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

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

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

4. What did the concrete objects in the poem "Ceremony for Completing a Poetry Reading" represent in reality?

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

6. Why does Gloria Anzaldua write?

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the authors reference other authors that have contributed to the collaboration of "This Bridge Called My Back." Why do you think that this is the case? What do you believe is positive about referencing a co-writer? What do you believe is negative about referencing a co-writer?

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

Many of the authors state the importance of writing in the movement. What does the author state as the importance of writing? What does writing do for these authors? What purpose does writing serve in the women's movement?

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