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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By recognizing __________, Audre Lorde believes that it is possible to begin to move past them.
(a) Darkness.
(b) Women's rights.
(c) Mankind's flaws.
(d) Prejudices.

2. ________ is such a commonplace feeling for black women that Audre Lorde herself sees no reason not to inflict it upon another.
(a) Pain.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Joy.
(d) Sadness.

3. Audre Lorde believes that there is a trend in America in which radical ________ is attempted by using the same tools.
(a) Change.
(b) Truth.
(c) Work.
(d) Writing.

4. At the same time, sons of lesbian mothers have to formulate their own ideas about what it means to be __________.
(a) A provider.
(b) A son.
(c) Male.
(d) A female.

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

6. Who commissioned the conversation between Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich as it happens in this chapter?
(a) Mary Daly.
(b) Joseph Moyers.
(c) Marilyn Hacker.
(d) Richard Staples.

7. Audre Lorde truly believes there is an _____________ of the white woman to try to see the struggles of the black woman.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Unsung need.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Unwillingness.

8. As a child, Audre Lorde began to wonder if _______ meant bad, according to her essay.
(a) White.
(b) Man.
(c) Black.
(d) Woman.

9. Audre Lorde warns those in the audience that they should stay away from __________ the past and instead try to learn from it.
(a) Criticizing.
(b) Staying in.
(c) Ignoring.
(d) Romanticizing.

10. Audre Lorde says that she has spent her life learning to express her own ________ rather than trying to suppress it.
(a) Happiness.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Power.
(d) Anger.

11. _________ feminists have not taken the time to learn more about black feminists, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Radical.
(b) Most.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

12. Who does Audre Lorde accuse of focusing on the struggles of women as women, rather than as particular kinds of women?
(a) White women.
(b) Lesbian women.
(c) Heterosexual women.
(d) Black women.

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

14. Bonding between ___________ is seen as threatening to those in patriarchal society, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Mothers.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Men.

15. The _________ of black women seem to be the only people who seem to understand and accept them for who they are.
(a) Sisters.
(b) Mothers.
(c) Fathers.
(d) Husbands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Audre Lorde believes that many women would rather group all women into a ___________ than to look at differences.

2. According to Audre Lorde, the __________ that black women feel begins to become most important as it is the most powerful.

3. Audre Lorde learned from the 1960s that she needed to define ____________ for herself and not let others do this job.

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

5. What conference was Audre Lorde speaking at where she gave the speech that is outlined in this section?

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