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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 kind of crisis does Hattie Gossett claim there is at the time of her book's release?

2. According to Nellie Wong, if one sings about woe too often the person is accused of ___________.

3. What is the NBFO?

4. What is no black person in this country surprised about? (Smith/Smith dialogue)

5. According to Cheryl Clarke, how many different kinds of lesbians are there?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Gloria Anzaldua write?

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

4. 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?

5. What did Beverly Smith claim was the problem with analyzing problems within the women's movement?

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

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

8. Why did/does Barbara Smith believe that the white power structure did a good job on keeping women from bonding across racial lines?

9. How did Gloria Anzaldua describe herself as "Shiva"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some of the writings showed very personal reflections on the women's movement and the author's submersion in the movement. Other writings depicted a very sterile and emotionless presentation of the women's movement. Discuss the difference between the two very different stands on the problems associated with the women's movement. Which writings seemed to "better" present the problems associated with the women's movement? Explain.

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

Lesbianism within the women's movement seems to create problems, according to many of the lesbian authors. How do they describe the difficulty of being a lesbian within the women's movement? Why do some of the authors claim that being a lesbian within the movement creates problems of its own?

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