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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Audre Lorde wonders if there are any other groups in the world which are as universally __________ and yet expected to continue functioning within society.
(a) Loved.
(b) Beaten.
(c) Honored.
(d) Hated.

5. What is NOT one of the idea patterns which Audre Lorde says will harm the feminist movement?
(a) Classism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Ageism.
(d) Racism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Audre Lorde warns those in the audience that they should stay away from __________ the past and instead try to learn from it.

2. Audre Lorde urges the _________ to look inside themselves in order to begin to create change.

3. In the thinking about outsiders, ____________ are considered best either ignored, copied or destroyed.

4. _________ is a tool which can be used constructively during a moment of frustration, according to Audre Lorde.

5. This section's essay was first given to an audience at ___________ College in April of 1980.

Short Essay Questions

1. For what book was the conversation between Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich written out for?

2. What does society seem to say about the oppressed person and what they have to do in society, according to Audre Lorde?

3. What does Audre Lorde feel makes guilt useless in society and in the fight for rights, according to this essay?

4. What did Audre Lorde's mother favor in terms of her daughters, treating some daughters better than others, in Lorde's opinion?

5. What kind of time does Audre Lorde believe that black women have been born into, which makes things more difficult?

6. What does Audre Lorde believe needs to happen in order for prejudice and oppression to be transcended?

7. What does Audre Lorde feel can lead to greater unity within a group, whether they are oppressed or not?

8. What are the three terms which Audre Lorde seeks to differentiate within this essay?

9. What does Audre Lorde criticize when it comes to her placement on the panel at the Second Sex Conference?

10. How does Audre Lorde describe two of her poems "Poetry is Not a Luxury" and "Uses of the Erotic"?

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