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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who wrote "La Guera"?
2. According to an essay by Rosario Morales in April 1980, by what does "this society" divides us?
3. Rosario Morales claims that color and class do not define what two things?
4. According to the introduction of "And When you Leave, Take Your Pictures with You: Racism in the Women's Movement," women of color are veterans of____________.
5. According to a reference to another author in "La Guera," where must one look to find the dream?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Aurora Levins Morales decide was the issue that she had with Piri Thomas' book "Down These Mean Streets"?
2. What is the common theme that all of the writings from the section titled "Introduction and Children Passing in the Streets: The Roots of Our Radicalism" have in common?
3. According to Emma Goldman from Cherrie Moraga's "La Guera," how must one gain a philosophy from any event?
4. How do the poems "When I Was Growing Up" and "on not being" differ by point-of-view?
5. What did Cherrie Moraga state that she learned when she attended a concert where Ntosake Shange was reading?
6. Why did Audre Lorde decide never to talk to white women about racism?
7. What are three of the ironic questionings that Lim makes regarding women in her poem "Wonder Woman"?
8. Why did Doris Davenport state that racist white feminists were powerless, spineless, and invisible?
9. What is the meaning behind "Wonder Woman"?
10. Given that Judit Moschovich did not equate "American" with imperialistic and racist, what did she equate "American" with?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Metaphors in many of the writings showed a comparison of ideals and objects that painted a very vibrant, and sometimes disturbing, picture. Choose three to five metaphors and discuss the importance of the metaphor, the point the metaphor was making, and the use of the comparison in making the point the author wanted to make. Did the use of the metaphor work? Why/Why not?
Essay Topic 2
"A woman with power is feared."-Cherrie Moraga. Do you believe that this statement is true? Why/Why not? How do some of authors support this statement? Do any of the authors negate this statement? Why/Why not?
Essay Topic 3
Many times throughout the book, internal struggles are blamed for the external problems associated with the women's movement. What purpose does the internal dissection of one's self serve in the women's movement, according to the authors that chose to identify this as a problem? Based on your reading, why do you believe that some authors chose to address this problem, and some did not?
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