Color Online Quiz: Literature & Women Studies

Quiz #40
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“Ordinary women of grace are, in a sense, my real role models. What always struck me is how unbitter they were. They had the capacity to keep struggling. I think that is a message that this quick-fix culture needs….” ~Marian Edelman Wright

In 1965, she was the first black woman admitted to the bar in Mississippi. A graduate of Spelman and Yale Law School, in 1994 she received the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Medal for Outstanding Professional Service in Civil and Human Rights. Who is she?

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Quiz #38
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In the novel, Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo by Ntozake Shange, each sister has a gift. Name each sister and her talent.

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Quiz #37

"You can't sit there and wallow. YOu weep for what's gone and then you move ahead."

Thanks Cuban In London.

She was born in Havana, Cuba in 1958. In 1959 her family fled to the United States. In 1961 her father was captured in a failed invasion mission into Cuba with the CIA. In 1975 she joined her future husband's band. She became a star. In 1990, she was in a major accident that required a hour-hour operation to repair her spine and then endured a year-long recovery period. In 1992, when Hurricane Andrew struck the state of Florida, she released "Always Tomorrow" and donated all proceeds to hurricane relief funds. Who is she?

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Quiz #33


"....original book that juxtaposes two tales about mothers, love, tragedy, and the power of the kitchen and home in the lives of a pair of free-spirited young women in contemporary Japan."

Name this 2006 title and the author. If you read it and didn't like it, share with us what you disliked, what confused you or what you found lacking here.

Banana Yoshimoto

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Quiz #32
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In Down To The Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole, what is Laura's best friend's name?

a) Soli
b) Carmen
c) Marlena

April Potpourri Winner, Summer!

Friends,

Join me in congratulating, Summer from The Three R's of Summer. Summer is a new and active reader at Color Online. Check out her recent C.O.R.A Roll Call submission.

Summer, please select your prize and send your choice to me at cora_litgroup@yahoo.com

Thank you all for participating. It's a new month. May is Asian Heritage Month and we plan on spotlighting writers and other artists, activists and history makers.

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Quiz #18

Name a woman of color filmmaker. Provide title of one work and link to information about the director. One entry submitted for each answer provided.

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Quiz #17

She was born in Chicago in 1954. The only girl of seven children, she spent most of her time alone. She was shy and her family moved often. She said in college she was intimidated by her privileged classmates. She believed no one cared to what she had to say and no one listened to her even when she did speak.

It was not until this moment when I separated myself, when I considered myself truly distinct, that my writing acquired a voice.

She is the first Chicana to receive a major publishing contract for a work about Chicanas. Who is she?

Potpourri: Literature & Women's History

Concepts such as truth, justice, and compassion cannot be dismissed as trite when these are often the only bulwarks which stand against ruthless power.

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Quiz #16

From Prominent Women of the 20th century, she was born June 19, 1945 in Ragoon, Burma now Yangon Myamar. A recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for her work as the leader of Myamar's pro-democracy movement, who is she?

Potpourri: Literature & Women's Studies

I am a descendant of the first Christians in the world, and Jesus Christ was born in my country, in my land. Bethlehem is a Palestinian town. So I will not accept this one-upmanship on Christianity. Nobody has the monopoly.


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Quiz #15

Born 1946 in Ramallah. Youngest of five daughters. After completing her master's degree, she taught at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank. According to Prominent Women of the 20th Century (UXL), this political activist became the spokesperson and negotiator in the Palestinian cause for an Independent state.

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Quiz #14

In 1994, which Gloria Naylor novel was adapted for the stage?

a) Women of Brewster Place
b) Bailey's Cafe
c) Linden Hills

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Quiz #13

Her first play, "Nothing but a Woman", was a finalist in the Chicago Dramatists’ Many Voices Project, and was staged in the city of Chicago in July 2006. "Nothing but a Woman" chronicles the relationship between two sisters, Geneva and Grace. Bound together by the premature death of their parents, the two women's devotion is tested when they begin to compete for the same man."

Most recently the black feminist writer and cultural critic published her first children's book. Who is she?

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Quiz #12

This prolific YA author was born June 18, 1961 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She attended Kent State University and has worked with Volunteers in Service to America.

Kids and teens are so much more interesting than adults. Life is happening when you are a teenager. One minute you're a child, the next you're allowed to go out in the world by yourself. Who knows what will happen?

In 2003, She was named a MacArthur fellow, receiving a $500,000 grant known as the "genius" grant. Who is she? Name one title by the author.

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Quiz #11

She described herself as a black, writer, mother, warrior, poet. This black feminist and intellectual died too young (February 18, 1934-November 17, 1992). In this work [fill in the blank], she chronicles her battle with breast cancer and reflects on her life work. Who is she and what is the title of this work?

Bonus entry if you name and link to a second work by the author.

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Quiz #10

She was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 1969. She lived with an aunt until she was twelve-years-old when she joined her immigrant parents in Brooklyn. She received a BA in French literature from Barnard College and her Master of Fine Arts degree at Brown University. Her thesis was her first novel followed by a collection of short stories. Who is she?

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Quiz #9

She was born in 1936 in Yellow Springs, Ohio. This prolific children’s author was the recipient of multiple major awards. She was the first African American woman to win the Newbery Award and the first writer for children to receive a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship. Who is she?

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Quiz #8

This children's book illustrator has recently been awarded the *Ezra Jack Keats Book Award. Her most recent work is her collaboration with author, Zetta Elliot.

Who is the rising star to watch? Earn a second entry by providing a reference link to her work or blog.

*The Ezra Jack Keats Book Award was established in 1985 to recognize and encourage authors and illustrators new to the field of children’s books. Many past winners of the EJK Book Award have gone on to distinguished careers creating many books beloved by parents, children, librarians and teachers across the country.

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Quiz #7

Her blog describes her as a writer, author, teacher, speaker. She’s a Smith graduate. Studied abroad in Spain and authored a coming of age memoir detailing her life in a Spain very different from the one she had fantasized. She has written for Ms., Savoy, Suede, Bitch, Odyssey Couleur and Essence magazines. She maintains a blog to keep her readers plugged into an ongoing dialogue about cultural issues. Who is she and what is the title of her memoir?

Provide links if possible.

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Quiz #6

Born in Detroit in 1941, earned her B.A. in special education from Wayne State University and in 1984 received an M.A. in English and creative writing from New York University. She’s currently a professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh, she has been the recipient of two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Distinguished Pioneering of the Arts Award from the United Black Artists, the Lucille Medwick Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, a Pushcart Prize, and the Folger Shakespeare Library Poetry Book Award. Who is she?

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Quiz #5

Who is she?

July 9, 1936- June 14,2002. Harlem, New York City

Academic Posts

1989 - 2002
University of California at Berkeley.
Professor of African American Studies
Founder and Director: Poetry for the People

Published 28 books of poetry, essays, and fiction. She was a regular columnist for The Progressive and a prolific writer whose articles appeared in The Village Voice, The New York Times, Ms., Essence, the American Poetry Review, The Nation, and many other periodicals.