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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. According to the Combahee River Collective, whose job is it to eliminate racism in the white women's movement?

2. 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?

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

4. As stated by the Combahee River Collective, what did "smart" equal?

5. What does Chrystos want to give "you"? ("Ceremony for Completing a Poetry Reading")

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Barbara Smith claim about many lesbians being separatists?

6. Why does Gloria Anzaldua write?

7. Why did the Combahee River Collective believe that they needed a collection of Black feminist writing?

8. 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?

9. According to Gloria Anzaldua, what were the problems associated with power in her essay "La Prieta"?

10. Why did the Combahee River Collective state that they were socialists?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Alchemy is discussed many times by many different authors in the book. Why does this word seem to be important for some of the authors, while others disregard it? How does the term create a positive image in some writings and a negative image in others? How does this word imitate the problems detailed in the book by the different authors?

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