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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Barbara Noda, what sang out to her in "Lowriding Through the Women's Movement"?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

2. "Your skin must be sensitive for the lightest _____________ and thick enough to ward off the ___________________." ("Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers")
(a) Compliment and disgrace.
(b) Touch and demons.
(c) Kiss and sneers.
(d) Breath and strikes.

3. What did Gloria Anzaldua claim changed her forever?
(a) Loving.
(b) Writing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Singing.

4. What is Gloria Anzaldua's main distraction from writing?
(a) Running.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Eating.
(d) Dreaming.

5. How many months did it take for Hattie Gossett to edit her book "my soul looks back in wonder/wild wimmin don't get no blues" written?
(a) Three months.
(b) Seven months.
(c) One month.
(d) Twelve months.

6. What relationships are important to Gloria Anzaldua?
(a) The ones within our culture.
(b) The ones with others and self.
(c) The ones with others.
(d) The ones with humanity.

7. What does Gloria Anzaldua say that women have to lose?
(a) Only their sanity.
(b) Only their souls.
(c) Everything.
(d) Nothing, they never had any privileges.

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

9. According to "Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers," what do "white eyes" not bother to learn?
(a) Our culture.
(b) Our language.
(c) Our humanity.
(d) Our past.

10. "Certainly ____________ is not just a white phenomenon." (Gloria Anzaldua)
(a) Mistrust.
(b) Racism.
(c) Misunderstanding.
(d) Hatred.

11. What does NWSA stand for?
(a) Need Women Saying All.
(b) Not Willing to Say Anything.
(c) National Women's Studies Association.
(d) National White Studies Agendas.

12. According to the introduction of "Speaking in Tongues: The Third World Woman Writer," a woman who writes has __________.
(a) Power.
(b) Education.
(c) Truth.
(d) Love.

13. When Gloria Anzaldua was born, what did Mamagranda Locha look for on her?
(a) A sign of greatness.
(b) Mulatto blood.
(c) A birthmark in the shape of a star.
(d) Signs of whiteness.

14. According to "Lesbianism: An Act of Resistance," in the Black world, who are the two free people in the United States?
(a) White men and women.
(b) Black men and white women.
(c) Black men and women.
(d) White men and black women.

15. "Even though we go hungry we are not impoverished of ________________." ("Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers")
(a) Nurishment.
(b) Experiences.
(c) Life.
(d) Dreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the brown thigh bone carved with in "Give Me Back"?

2. What is one of Gloria Anzaldua's biggest fears?

3. "There is no __________________ in poverty." (Gloria Anzaldua)

4. According to Cheryl Clarke, of whom are black women envious?

5. Who wrote the book "Bloodroots"?

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