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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Audre Lorde's daughter, as she is mentioned in the book at this point?
(a) Julie.
(b) Mary.
(c) Beth.
(d) Anne.

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

3. Audre Lorde sees that there is an oppressive _____________ which causes many women to bottle up their anger.
(a) Mindset.
(b) Law.
(c) Social construct.
(d) Patriarchy.

4. What conference was Audre Lorde speaking at where she gave the speech that is outlined in this section?
(a) Black Women United.
(b) First Woman.
(c) Truth Tools.
(d) Second Sex.

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

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

7. In what state is Audre Lorde invited to become a poet-in-residence as well as a teacher for students?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Georgia.

8. 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) She wants him to be.
(c) His sister wants him to be.
(d) He wants to be.

9. White women have the option of identifying themselves with the white patriarchy in order to gain power by _____________.
(a) Giving in.
(b) Default.
(c) Changing tact.
(d) Association.

10. In the story of La Llorona, the mother ___________ in retaliation for her husband's infidelity, as well as doing the same to his mother.
(a) Murders her sister.
(b) Drowns her own children.
(c) Murders her husband's father.
(d) Kills herself.

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

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

13. Audre Lorde's primary reaction to __________ is anger and she feels it is an appropriate response to this problem.
(a) Racism.
(b) Writing.
(c) Government.
(d) The media.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Audre Lorde believes that differences should be celebrated among women, not just _____________.

2. The interview between Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich was first published in _________ before being included in a book.

3. Audre Lorde truly believes there is an _____________ of the white woman to try to see the struggles of the black woman.

4. Instead of telling her son to fight the bullies, Audre Lorde tells her son about how she __________________.

5. What is the name of Audre Lorde's son who is featured within this section of the book?

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