Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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

2. The title of the article to which Audre Lorde decides to respond is, "The Myth of ___________: A Response to Angry Black Feminists."

3. Black men seem to view black women as threatening if they become __________, according to Audre Lorde.

4. What is NOT one of the ills of life which poetry serves to cure, acting as an antidote to these ills, according to Audre Lorde?

5. Audre Lorde points out the flaw in thinking that another group freedom of ___________ is to jeopardize one's own freedoms.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened at a New York state college, according to Audre Lorde, when talking about the barriers to women?

2. What is the complaint that Helen tells Audre Lorde about the Russian working class, although Lorde disagrees?

3. Why did Audre Lorde make the trip to Russia as she describes it at the start of the book?

4. What are the four forms of human blindness, according to Audre Lorde in this section?

5. What happens to injustices when they are left silent, according to Audre Lorde's speech in this section?

6. What is the significant event which occurred just a little while after the letter of this section was written?

7. What does Audre Lorde say that Mary Daly used the poem on genital mutilation to do within her book?

8. What does Audre Lorde say that life experience gives to her in relation to her expression?

9. How does Audre Lorde define the idea of women-identified women, according to her speech?

10. What are some of the ills of modern life which Audre Lorde believes poetry can help to cure?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lorde is focused on seeing the number of black people at the conference in Russia with her, as well as in the cities that she traverses.

Part 1: Why do you think Lorde is so focused on finding others of her race?

Part 2: Do you think that it's racist to focus only on your own race?

Part 3: How do you think Lorde's experience could be shifted by taking the emphasis off of race?

Essay Topic 2

Lorde says that one oppression does not justify the other, even though she feels society is saying this.

Part 1: How does oppression impact the way a society works?

Part 2: Do you think that oppression is rampant in society today?

Part 3: Why do you think that oppression is a concern for Lorde during the time of her writing?

Essay Topic 3

Lorde discusses the idea that she feels trivialized by the white community, though she wants to work with it.

Part 1: Do you think the Lorde is actually being trivialized by the white community? Is it in her head?

Part 2: Why do you think it's important for different communities to band together?

Part 3: How do you think that the white community pushes other communities down?

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