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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. Society would prefer that _________ be the woman's only route to social fulfillment.

2. Audre Lorde thinks it to be wrong to bottle up anger and then later unleash it on a/an _________________.

3. Audre Lorde believes that there is a trend in America in which radical ________ is attempted by using the same tools.

4. Audre Lorde urges the _________ to look inside themselves in order to begin to create change.

5. Many women seem to dismiss Audre Lorde's anger as something which is ___________ or useless, but Lorde sees it as useful.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the piece of advice that Audre Lorde almost gives to her son after a series of bullying?

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

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

4. What kind of time does Audre Lorde believe that black women have been born into, which makes things more difficult?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Audre Lorde feel are the two facets of the American system which are seen by most an inevitable, in this essay?

10. Why did Audre Lorde use a pseudonym when she wrote the story about La Lllorona?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Lorde's breast tumor surgery causes her to look more closely at herself and her work.

Part 1: Do you think the medical surgeries cause self-reflection?

Part 2: Why do you think the the breast surgery had an impact on Lorde?

Part 3: How do you think you might change if you were to have a difficult or a dangerous surgery?

Essay Topic 3

Audre Lorde defines four words which signal the human blindness she sees. They are racism, sexism, heterosexism, and homophobia.

Part 1: Do you think that Lorde is missing any other forms of human blindness?

Part 2: How do you think your life is affected by these forms of human blindness?

Part 3: Why do you think the Lorde singles out these forms of blindness? What blindness might she be showing in the list she has created?

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