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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At a recent conference, Audre Lorde was told that ________ over the age of ten were not allowed to come.
(a) Girls.
(b) Black men.
(c) Boys.
(d) Black women.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Audre Lorde believes that many groups have avoided discussing anger between ___________ in favor of other concerns.
(a) Races.
(b) Men.
(c) Sexual orientations.
(d) Women.

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

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

10. 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) Lorde.
(b) Mama.
(c) Lesbian.
(d) Mistress.

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

12. How old is Audre Lorde's son at the time when she has written this section?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

13. Audre Lorde posits that black women have troubles connecting with each other because of a fear of each other's __________.
(a) Family.
(b) Story.
(c) Power.
(d) Anger.

14. Where was Audre Lorde when she learned that Martin Luther King had been killed?
(a) Carnegie Hall.
(b) On a walk through town.
(c) Home.
(d) Church.

15. The idea of a __________ is a tool which actively serves to separate the young from the old, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Glass ceiling.
(b) Time warp.
(c) Class system.
(d) Generation gap.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is a long history of support and the _________ of power within the black female community, according to Audre Lorde.

2. At the same time, sons of lesbian mothers have to formulate their own ideas about what it means to be __________.

3. Audre Lorde believes that enabling her children to be ___________ with themselves is one of the best gifts she has given them.

4. Audre Lorde admits that she does not always know the meaning of her ___________ when she creates them.

5. During Malcolm X weekend, Audre Lorde speaks at __________ to see if there are lessons to be used from the 1960s.

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