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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some white women, according to Audre Lorde, restrict themselves to the __________ community and this angers Lorde.
(a) Music.
(b) Academic.
(c) Business.
(d) Art.

2. The _________ of ideas in the movement of the 1960s is one of the lessons which Audre Lorde says must be learned.
(a) Oversimplification.
(b) Singularity.
(c) Disorder.
(d) Structure.

3. Audre Lorde admits that she can only deal with her ___________ and that she will try not to make generalizations.
(a) Own experience.
(b) Logic.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Truths.

4. __________, says Audre Lorde, is an ongoing event, as she cites examples which are taking place in the world.
(a) Racism.
(b) Revolution.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Anger.

5. Who in Audre Lorde's life used to make up words when they could not come up with the word they needed?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her mom.
(d) Her dad.

6. Black women, according to Audre Lorde, seem to absorb the __________ of society from a young age.
(a) Truth.
(b) Sexism.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Hatred.

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

8. What is the term that Audre Lorde feels is being used in the black community in a derogatory way for a self-identified, independent woman?
(a) Lesbian.
(b) Lorde.
(c) Mama.
(d) Mistress.

9. 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) Writing.
(d) Work.

10. Audre Lorde had to learn ____________ at young age because her mother expected her to know what she was thinking.
(a) English.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Sign language.
(d) Nonverbal communication.

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

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

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

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

15. Audre Lorde believes that enabling her children to be ___________ with themselves is one of the best gifts she has given them.
(a) Sad.
(b) Content.
(c) Honest.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who commissioned the conversation between Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich as it happens in this chapter?

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

3. __________ is a grief of distortions between peers, and its object is change, according to Audre Lorde.

4. _________ feminists have not taken the time to learn more about black feminists, according to Audre Lorde.

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

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