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

2. At the same time, sons of lesbian mothers have to formulate their own ideas about what it means to be __________.

3. Another byproduct of society, according to Audre Lorde, is that he burden of explanation is put on ______________.

4. One of the main problems Audre Lorde saw during the 1960s was a perceived need for __________ in the movement.

5. There is a long history of support and the _________ of power within the black female community, according to Audre Lorde.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Audre Lorde believe it is important to discuss difference in the lives of women?

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

3. What does Audre Lorde point out to be used as a derogatory term in the black community for a self-identified and independent woman?

4. What does Audre Lorde encourage the women in the audience to do at the end of her speech?

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

6. What is the unique set of challenges Audre Lorde feels she faces as a black feminist raising a son?

7. What does Audre Lorde feel that Malcolm X began to grasp in terms of the lingering effects of oppression?

8. What is the mistake of the 1960s that Audre Lorde feels society and future movements need to learn from?

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

10. How does Audre Lorde describe two of her poems "Poetry is Not a Luxury" and "Uses of the Erotic"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lorde comments that there are no new ideas waiting for humans to try them out, only old and tired ideas waiting to be explored.

Part 1: Do you believe that the world is out of new ideas? Will the world ever run out of ideas?

Part 2: What is the value of exploring old ideas in the modern times?

Part 3: Why do you think that Lorde believes that there are only old ideas right now?

Essay Topic 2

Lorde believes that relationships between women are often seen as being dangerous to patriarchal society.

Part 1: How might relationships between women be dangerous to society as a whole?

Part 2: Do you think that relationships between any group could be dangerous to society as a whole?

Part 3: Why do you think that patriarchal society would be hurt by women who had banded together?

Essay Topic 3

In one essay, Lorde links the idea of outsiders being detrimental to a society which is based on profits.

Part 1: Why do you think that profits are more important than people in a society? Or do you disagree?

Part 2: How might you define the idea of an outsider? What might a person like this look like?

Part 3: Do you consider yourself to be an outsider or not? Why?

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