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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Audre Lorde's daughter, as she is mentioned in the book at this point?
(a) Julie.
(b) Beth.
(c) Anne.
(d) Mary.

2. Audre Lorde believes that many women would rather group all women into a ___________ than to look at differences.
(a) Movement.
(b) Protest.
(c) Sisterhood.
(d) Tribe.

3. Society would prefer that _________ be the woman's only route to social fulfillment.
(a) Maternity.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Reading.
(d) Teaching.

4. Where was Audre Lorde when she learned that Martin Luther King had been killed?
(a) Church.
(b) Home.
(c) Carnegie Hall.
(d) On a walk through town.

5. Rich asks Audre Lorde why she calls two of her poems ___________ when she speaks of them.
(a) Lies.
(b) Progressions.
(c) Travesties.
(d) Disappointments.

Short Answer Questions

1. Audre Lorde truly believes there is an _____________ of the white woman to try to see the struggles of the black woman.

2. Audre Lorde warns those in the audience that they should stay away from __________ the past and instead try to learn from it.

3. Audre Lorde feels that when she does have anger, it is most easily expressed toward _______________.

4. Who does Audre Lorde accuse of focusing on the struggles of women as women, rather than as particular kinds of women?

5. _________ is a tool which can be used constructively during a moment of frustration, according to Audre Lorde.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Audre Lorde criticize when it comes to her placement on the panel at the Second Sex Conference?

2. What is one of the most often unrecognized differences, according to Audre Lorde, between white and black women?

3. What is the caveat that Audre Lorde makes at the start of the essay about her relationship with her son?

4. What is the most important gift, Audre Lorde says, that she has given her children as a mother?

5. What happens, according to Audre Lorde, when it comes to the differences between people?

6. What does Audre Lorde feel can lead to greater unity within a group, whether they are oppressed or not?

7. What does Audre Lorde feel makes guilt useless in society and in the fight for rights, according to this essay?

8. Why might black women might not be able to love each other, according to Audre Lorde?

9. What does Audre Lorde believe needs to happen in order for prejudice and oppression to be transcended?

10. What did Audre Lorde's mother used to do when she could not find a word for the meaning that she wanted to convey?

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