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

2. What is no black person in this country surprised about? (Smith/Smith dialogue)
(a) Oppression.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Education.
(d) Racism.

3. According to Cheryl Clarke, how many different kinds of lesbians are there?
(a) There are two types of lesbians.
(b) There are four specific types of lesbians.
(c) There is not only one kind of lesbian.
(d) There is only one kind of lesbian.

4. Mirtha Quintanales claims that there is no such thing as __________.
(a) A melting pot.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Racism.
(d) Community.

5. What does Chrystos declare that she is afraid of in "I Don't Understand Those Who Have Turned Away From Me"?
(a) White people.
(b) Men.
(c) Her own culture.
(d) Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "La Guera"?

2. What does Chrystos pass around the circle in her poem "Ceremony for Completing a Poetry Reading"?

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

4. According to Judit Moschkovich, what happens when a person denies who they are, where they come from, and how they feel?

5. Cheryl Clarke identifies a lesbian as ________________.

(see the answer key)

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