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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. When was the first piece of Hattie Gossett's book "my soul looks back in wonder/wild wimmin don't get no blues" written?
2. Barbara Smith says there is no such thing as ___________________.
3. What is one of Gloria Anzaldua's biggest fears?
4. Who wrote the poem "I speak in an illusion"?
5. In "La Prieta," what are "old selves" compared to?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Cherrie Moraga's introduction to the section "Speaking in Tongues: The Third World Woman Writer," what did first generation third world writers defy?
2. What did Michelle Wallace, as noted by the Combahee River Colective, state about the struggle to change the Black woman's condition?
3. Why did/does Barbara Smith believe that the white power structure did a good job on keeping women from bonding across racial lines?
4. According to Gloria Anzaldua, what did she believe that white men expected of Third World women if they wanted to make it in a "right-handed world"?
5. Why does Gloria Anzaldua write?
6. How did Gloria Anzaldua describe herself as "Shiva"?
7. How did Cherrie Moraga describe the similarities and differences between Third World women writers?
8. Why did Cherrie Moraga, in the poem "The Welder," state that she was a welder and not an alchemist?
9. 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?
10. What does Gloria Anzaldua state is the reason that one resists the act of writing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Time and time again, fear is a main theme by many of the authors. Discuss fear as a consistent problem associated with the women's movement. Detail different authors' perspectives on the problems associated with the existence of fear within the women's movement.
Essay Topic 2
Many of the authors state the importance of writing in the movement. What does the author state as the importance of writing? What does writing do for these authors? What purpose does writing serve in the women's movement?
Essay Topic 3
"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?
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