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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Audre Lorde just wants her son to grow up to be who ____________, not to be just like her.
(a) Others want him to be.
(b) His sister wants him to be.
(c) She wants him to be.
(d) He wants to be.

2. Instead of telling her son to fight the bullies, Audre Lorde tells her son about how she __________________.
(a) Loves him no matter what he does.
(b) Talks to a group.
(c) Was afraid of bullies too.
(d) Would beat up other girls.

3. _________ is a tool which can be used constructively during a moment of frustration, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Humor.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Intelligence.

4. In the thinking about outsiders, ____________ are considered best either ignored, copied or destroyed.
(a) Writings.
(b) Similarities.
(c) Differences.
(d) Songs.

5. Audre Lorde's experience with beauty, she says, helped her to release her __________ into the world.
(a) Happiness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Fear.
(d) Creativity.

6. Audre Lorde does point out that sons of lesbians have the advantage of having seen their mothers' blueprints for ____________.
(a) Action.
(b) Power.
(c) Survival.
(d) Truth.

7. Audre Lorde feels that her son will have to forge his own ___________ without a clear model or someone to rebel against.
(a) Rules.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Identity.
(d) Path.

8. Audre Lorde feels that when she does have anger, it is most easily expressed toward _______________.
(a) Herself.
(b) Other black women.
(c) White men.
(d) White women.

9. ___________ based on anger can only destroy the past and is incapable of helping to build a new future.
(a) Strength.
(b) Power.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Movements.

10. Another byproduct of society, according to Audre Lorde, is that he burden of explanation is put on ______________.
(a) The outsiders.
(b) The oppressed group.
(c) No one.
(d) The men.

11. It becomes necessary to expose the _________________ that can tear a community apart in order to be successful.
(a) Women's needs.
(b) Anger of the men.
(c) Oppressive values.
(d) Internal bickering.

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

13. Audre Lorde believes that in order to stop oppression and prejudice, new __________ must be created.
(a) Groups.
(b) Fears.
(c) Laws.
(d) Tools.

14. ___________ is the fury of those who do not share our goals and its object is death and destruction.
(a) Disgust.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Anger.

15. Audre Lorde talks about how ___________ favored her lighter skinned sisters over her during her life.
(a) Her grandma.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her aunt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the pseudonym that Audre Lorde uses when she publishes the story of La Llorona?

3. Audre Lorde sees that there is an oppressive _____________ which causes many women to bottle up their anger.

4. Audre Lorde posits that black women have troubles connecting with each other because of a fear of each other's __________.

5. Much of the black community is mired in ___________ due to a false sense of security or despair, according to Audre Lorde.

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