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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does a woman who chooses to be a lesbian, according to Cheryl Clarke, live?
(a) In hiding.
(b) Submissively.
(c) Dangerously.
(d) Openly.

2. What essay of Cherrie Moraga's does Naomi Littlebear refer to by referencing a six-pack of beer?
(a) "La Guera."
(b) "The Hungry Woman."
(c) "Heroes and Spirits."
(d) "The Last Generation."

3. Gloria Anzaldua claims that women of color need to stop being compared to __________.
(a) Slaves.
(b) Medusas.
(c) Dying trees.
(d) Demons.

4. What is the NBFO?
(a) The National Bisexual Founders Organization.
(b) The New Belief in Freedom Organization.
(c) The National Black Feminist Organization.
(d) The Negro-Based Feminist Organization.

5. Who was Malintzin's lover?
(a) Wesenkinada.
(b) Cortes.
(c) Kantian.
(d) Alarcon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Merle Woo claims that being a Chinese man in America makes the man a victim of _______________.

2. What does Chrystos use to "mark out the space I am"?

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

4. "Feminism for you means working for the equality and humanity of women and men, for children, for the _________________ that is possible." (Nellie Wong)

5. When did the Combahee River Collective first begin to meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Cheryl Clarke state that being a lesbian is a dangerous act of rebellion?

2. Why did Nellie Wong state that she will not stop working and writing? ("In Search of the Self As Hero: Confetti of Voices on New Year's Night")

3. Why did the Combahee River Collective state that they were socialists?

4. Why did the poem "I sing to myself", as used by Norma Alarcon in "Chicana's Feminist Literature: A Re-Vision Through Malintzin," represent a key example for her problem with the parent-child relationship?

5. How did Cheryl Clarke wrap up her essay "Lesbianism: An Act of Resistance"?

6. What did Barbara Smith claim about many lesbians being separatists?

7. Why did Barbara Smith claim that "virtually no Black person in this country ...is surprised about oppression"?

8. How did Gloria Anzaldua describe herself as "Shiva"?

9. What did Michelle Wallace, as noted by the Combahee River Colective, state about the struggle to change the Black woman's condition?

10. What "click" did Beverly Smith claim still existed in the women's movement?

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