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

2. In what month in 1979, did Gloria attend a women's retreat in California?
(a) October.
(b) February.
(c) April.
(d) December.

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

4. To whom is Merle Woo's letter written to? (January, 1980)
(a) Her "ma."
(b) Her lover.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her father.

5. Between what two things does Chrystos believe that women of color must make a choice?
(a) Culture and Americanism.
(b) Ethnicity and womanhood.
(c) Love of place and love of self.
(d) Womanhood and motherhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Doris Davenport, what is the cause of racism in white feminists?

2. What was the name of the anthology that the author of "Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman" taught for a segment of Ethnic American Literature?

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

4. To what does Rosario Morales compare "protective coloring in racist fields"?

5. When was the first piece of Hattie Gossett's book "my soul looks back in wonder/wild wimmin don't get no blues" written?

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