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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. "Feminism for you means working for the equality and humanity of women and men, for children, for the _________________ that is possible." (Nellie Wong)
(a) Honor.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Faith.
(d) Love.

2. According the Doris Davenport, why is the feminist movement racist?
(a) Failure to accept all women.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Misogyny.
(d) White women.

3. What did Hattie Gossett claim "is really a drag"?
(a) Telling the truth about the women's movement today.
(b) Finding one's own voice.
(c) Writing the introduction to your own book.
(d) Meditation with a guru.

4. According to a reference to another author in "La Guera," where must one look to find the dream?
(a) The nightmare.
(b) The ego.
(c) The inner self.
(d) To the past.

5. Rosario Morales claims that color and class do not define what two things?
(a) People and culture.
(b) Quality of education and money.
(c) People or politics.
(d) Success and failure.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Cherrie Moraga, what does lesbianism equal in "this country"?

3. According to Gloria Anzaldua, who said, "Complacency is a far more dangerous attitude than outrage."

4. Why does Rosario Morales carry a "pole 18 inches long"?

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

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