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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. __________ allows injustices to go unheard and fears to remain powerful, according to Audre Lorde in her talk.
(a) Silence.
(b) Book reading.
(c) Mankind.
(d) Society.

2. Audre Lorde points out the flaw in thinking that another group freedom of ___________ is to jeopardize one's own freedoms.
(a) Demonstration.
(b) Truth.
(c) Honor.
(d) Expression.

3. Audre Lorde says the illusion of __________ between groups is imposed on the oppressed individual by society.
(a) Separation.
(b) Weakness.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Boredom.

4. A women interviews Audre Lorde because the writer is doing a story about ___________.
(a) Black lesbians.
(b) Negro policy.
(c) American blacks.
(d) Women writers.

5. Audre Lorde accuses Daly of simply browsing the works of black women for __________, rather than actually reading them.
(a) Support.
(b) Agreements.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Quotes.

6. The title of the article to which Audre Lorde decides to respond is, "The Myth of ___________: A Response to Angry Black Feminists."
(a) Black Macho.
(b) Black Disconnect.
(c) Black Anger.
(d) Black Men.

7. Audre Lorde points out that productivity in Russia is measured by ___________ and not by money as it is in other areas.
(a) Cleanliness.
(b) Food.
(c) Power.
(d) Community.

8. Mary Daly was trying to overcome the repressive forces of the ______________, according to Audre Lorde's point of view.
(a) The US government.
(b) Harvard.
(c) University of Boston.
(d) Yale.

9. At a _________ state college, women tried to come together to support each other, only to be met with violence and shunned by their male peers.
(a) Illinois.
(b) New York.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Vermont.

10. Audre Lorde discusses the topic of ___________ anger against and toward black females in this section.
(a) White male.
(b) Black male.
(c) Government.
(d) White female.

11. The piece that Audre Lorde writes to Mary Daly was written after the murder of _______ black women in the Boston area.
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 20.
(d) 25.

12. The _______ that the black men manifest toward black women would, according to Audre Lorde, be more effective as a force for greater change.
(a) Rage.
(b) Joy.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Humor.

13. Within the _________ community, according to Audre Lorde, members have learned to distrust each other.
(a) Male.
(b) Female.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

14. Audre Lorde asks the audience what __________ they might be enduring in silence rather than speaking against them.
(a) Lies.
(b) Laws.
(c) Powers.
(d) Injustices.

15. Audre Lorde sees the Soviet Union as placing its___________ at the core of its programs, at least officially.
(a) People.
(b) Talents.
(c) Natural resources.
(d) Pride.

Short Answer Questions

1. Efik Ebibio is married to a man, but actively speaks of a ___________ relationship with another married woman.

2. The dismissal of other points of view, according to Audre Lorde, act as barriers to _____________ as other forms of racism do too.

3. Instead of World War II, what do the Russians call this war, according to the findings of Audre Lorde?

4. Audre Lorde believes that poetry is more necessary to the human condition than a ____________ activity.

5. What caused Audre Lorde to examine herself more closely, as she reveals in her talk on the panel?

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