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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. __________ is a grief of distortions between peers, and its object is change, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Anger.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Hatred.

2. Audre Lorde sees that there is an oppressive _____________ which causes many women to bottle up their anger.
(a) Social construct.
(b) Patriarchy.
(c) Mindset.
(d) Law.

3. Audre Lorde believes that there is a trend in America in which radical ________ is attempted by using the same tools.
(a) Change.
(b) Work.
(c) Truth.
(d) Writing.

4. The interview between Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich was first published in _________ before being included in a book.
(a) Signs.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) Time.
(d) Life.

5. What is the name of Audre Lorde's son who is featured within this section of the book?
(a) Terrence.
(b) Michael.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Jonathan.

6. Much of the black community is mired in ___________ due to a false sense of security or despair, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Passivity.
(c) Bickering.
(d) Anger.

7. Some white women, according to Audre Lorde, restrict themselves to the __________ community and this angers Lorde.
(a) Academic.
(b) Music.
(c) Art.
(d) Business.

8. Where was Audre Lorde when she had the intense experience with the beauty of the land at the age of nineteen?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Grenada.

9. Audre Lorde admits that she does not always know the meaning of her ___________ when she creates them.
(a) Photographs.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Tests.
(d) Writings.

10. What is the term that Audre Lorde feels is being used in the black community in a derogatory way for a self-identified, independent woman?
(a) Mama.
(b) Lesbian.
(c) Lorde.
(d) Mistress.

11. ________ is such a commonplace feeling for black women that Audre Lorde herself sees no reason not to inflict it upon another.
(a) Sadness.
(b) Joy.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Pain.

12. In the story of La Llorona, the mother ___________ in retaliation for her husband's infidelity, as well as doing the same to his mother.
(a) Murders her sister.
(b) Murders her husband's father.
(c) Kills herself.
(d) Drowns her own children.

13. What is NOT one of the viewpoints which is being discussed on the panel which Audre Lorde is on?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Lesbian.
(d) Feminist.

14. Another byproduct of society, according to Audre Lorde, is that he burden of explanation is put on ______________.
(a) The outsiders.
(b) The oppressed group.
(c) No one.
(d) The men.

15. Audre Lorde believes that in order to stop oppression and prejudice, new __________ must be created.
(a) Groups.
(b) Fears.
(c) Tools.
(d) Laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state is Audre Lorde invited to become a poet-in-residence as well as a teacher for students?

2. What does Audre Lorde feel can be achieved when people begin to recognize the differences in each other?

3. Rich asks Audre Lorde why she calls two of her poems ___________ when she speaks of them.

4. Audre Lorde just wants her son to grow up to be who ____________, not to be just like her.

5. What is the pseudonym that Audre Lorde uses when she publishes the story of La Llorona?

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