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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Between the Lines: On Culture, Class and Homophobia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Barbara Smith, what book did African American students have a hard time believing was about "white people"?
(a) "Diasy Miller."
(b) "The Grapes of Wrath."
(c) "The Sound and the Fury."
(d) "Invisible Man."

2. "Light was _________," according to the narrator in "La Guera."
(a) Truth.
(b) Wrong.
(c) Right.
(d) Hate.

3. What happened on August 6, 1941, just four days before the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
(a) Billie Holiday's "Ella, Lena And Billie" came out.
(b) Billie Holiday's "Distinctive Song Stylings" came out.
(c) Billie Holiday's "Lady Day" was made.
(d) Billie Holiday's "Story Volume 2" was made.

4. According to Judit Moschkovich, where is a great deal of information on Latin American available?
(a) On-line.
(b) Feminist writings.
(c) Libraries.
(d) Cultural studies courses.

5. What state did the narrator move back to in her mind in "Dreams of Violence"?
(a) Virginia.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Flordia.
(d) Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mirtha Quintanales, what is racism?

2. What does Audre Lorde consider wasted energy, as related in"An Open Letter To Mary Daly"?

3. What author did the narrator from "I Am What I Am" read "thru three or four times"?

4. In "Dreams of Violence," who is lying beside the narrator in bed?

5. What does being a "Yellow Feminist" mean? (Merle Woo)

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