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

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

3. Many women seem to dismiss Audre Lorde's anger as something which is ___________ or useless, but Lorde sees it as useful.
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Blameless.
(c) Unfounded.
(d) Disruptive.

4. The conference at which Audre Lorde is talking discusses specifically the women who have a problem with the __________ of black women.
(a) Movement.
(b) Anger.
(c) Troubles.
(d) Differences.

5. Audre Lorde urges the _________ to look inside themselves in order to begin to create change.
(a) Audience.
(b) Government.
(c) Children.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Another byproduct of society, according to Audre Lorde, is that he burden of explanation is put on ______________.

2. Audre Lorde had to learn ____________ at young age because her mother expected her to know what she was thinking.

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

4. It becomes necessary to expose the _________________ that can tear a community apart in order to be successful.

5. Who in Audre Lorde's life used to make up words when they could not come up with the word they needed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the mistake of the 1960s that Audre Lorde feels society and future movements need to learn from?

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

3. Why might black women might not be able to love each other, according to Audre Lorde?

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

5. What is the unique set of challenges Audre Lorde feels she faces as a black feminist raising a son?

6. Why does Audre Lorde believe it is important to discuss difference in the lives of women?

7. What does Audre Lorde feel that Malcolm X began to grasp in terms of the lingering effects of oppression?

8. What does Audre Lorde encourage the women in the audience to do at the end of her speech?

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

10. What is the piece of advice that Audre Lorde almost gives to her son after a series of bullying?

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