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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Speaking in Tongues: The Third World Woman Writer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gloria Anzaldua say that women have to lose?
(a) Nothing, they never had any privileges.
(b) Everything.
(c) Only their sanity.
(d) Only their souls.

2. Who is quoted at the beginning of "La Guera"?
(a) May Swenson.
(b) Susan Howe.
(c) Emma Goldman.
(d) Judith Wright.

3. Who was Malintzin's lover?
(a) Wesenkinada.
(b) Cortes.
(c) Alarcon.
(d) Kantian.

4. Who wrote out the checks for the author's mother when she was at the grocery store? ("La Guera")
(a) The cashier.
(b) Her husband.
(c) The author.
(d) Her son.

5. Why does Nellie Wong bring up Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton?
(a) They killed themselves.
(b) They endorsed her writings.
(c) They spoke about the women's movement.
(d) They are black.

Short Answer Questions

1. "All our saints have a few taints of _________," according to "Millicent Fredericks."

2. Who confided in Cherrie Moraga that he felt she didn't trust him because he was a male?

3. What is Gloria Anzaldua's main distraction from writing?

4. "The lesbian of color is not only invisible, she does not even __________." ("Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers")

5. "We challenge symptoms of the disease while neglecting the _________________," as related in "The Pathology of Racism" by Davenport.

(see the answer key)

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