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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. Merle Woo claims that being a Chinese man in America makes the man a victim of _______________.
(a) Mind and body.
(b) Sexism and racism.
(c) All races outside of Chinese.
(d) Chinese women.

2. Where does the narrator of "Wonder Woman" reflect about other women doing the same things as she does?
(a) Beipan.
(b) Mekong.
(c) Ning.
(d) Yangtze.

3. What does the narrator in "Wonder Woman" see on sidewalks?
(a) Bits of glass.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Torn photos.
(d) Trash.

4. According to Doris Davenport, what is wrong with the word "racism"?
(a) Too specific.
(b) Too general and simplistic.
(c) Too accepted.
(d) Too much incorrect history.

5. What does the narrator croon in "I Am What I Am"?
(a) Carlos Gardel tangoes.
(b) Jorge Arraiza songs.
(c) Skitzo rap.
(d) Rafael Ithier poetry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the author of "When I Was Growing Up" long to be?

3. Barbara Smith says there is no such thing as ___________________.

4. According to an essay by Rosario Morales in April 1980, by what does "this society" divides us?

5. According to Rosario Morales, who is capable of being racist?

(see the answer key)

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