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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. According to Cheryl Clarke, how many different kinds of lesbians are there?
2. From what does writing save Gloria Anzaldua?
3. What did Gloria Anzaldua's mother want in return for her birthing Gloria?
4. When was the first piece of Hattie Gossett's book "my soul looks back in wonder/wild wimmin don't get no blues" written?
5. In "La Prieta," what are "old selves" compared to?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Gloria Anzaldua claim that lesbians of color were invisible?
2. 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"?
3. Why did Luisah Teish claim that men always put down herbal remedies? (From her interview with Gloria Anzaldua.)
4. What does Gloria Anzaldua state is the reason that one resists the act of writing?
5. What comparison did Cheryl Clarke make between lesbians and black women?
6. Why did/does Barbara Smith believe that the white power structure did a good job on keeping women from bonding across racial lines?
7. Why did the Combahee River Collective state that they were socialists?
8. How did Cherrie Moraga describe the similarities and differences between Third World women writers?
9. What did the concrete objects in the poem "Ceremony for Completing a Poetry Reading" represent in reality?
10. What did Gloria Anzaldua's mother want in return for birthing Gloria?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Using the writings of Cherrie Moraga, describe and define the different types of lesbianism. Be sure to address their similarities and their differences.
Essay Topic 3
Many of the writers detail specific things that a woman of color must do to help the women's movement become just that-a women's movement. They state that there are too many issues within the movement to move forward and make a real change happen. Discuss the different points that the authors make in regard to an individual's responsibility in the movement for it too succeed.
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