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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 differences should be celebrated among women, not just _____________.

2. Audre Lorde talks about how ___________ favored her lighter skinned sisters over her during her life.

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

4. Outsiders are like ___________ within a society which is based on profits, according to Audre Lorde.

5. At a recent conference, Audre Lorde was told that ________ over the age of ten were not allowed to come.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Audre Lorde's mother favor in terms of her daughters, treating some daughters better than others, in Lorde's opinion?

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

3. What does society seem to say about the oppressed person and what they have to do in society, according to Audre Lorde?

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

5. What are the three terms which Audre Lorde seeks to differentiate within this essay?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Audre Lorde believe to be a potentially useful force when it comes to racism and fighting against it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The word 'erotic' brings up a lot of different ideas for those who hear it or who read it.

Part 1: Why do you think that 'erotic' is such an energetically charged word?

Part 2: How do you think the word 'erotic' has been misused in society and in the world?

Part 3: Do you believe that something can be erotic without being sexual in nature?

Essay Topic 3

Anger is the primary response that Lorde has in response to racism, she admits.

Part 1: Why do you think that anger is the main response that Lorde has to the impact of racism?

Part 2: Do you think that anger can be a positive emotional response?

Part 3: How do you think you might respond if you were constantly put down and told that you weren't as good a person as anyone else?

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