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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. Audre Lorde truly believes there is an _____________ of the white woman to try to see the struggles of the black woman.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Unwillingness.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Unsung need.

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

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

4. 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) Drowns her own children.
(b) Kills herself.
(c) Murders her husband's father.
(d) Murders her sister.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Audre Lorde just wants her son to grow up to be who ____________, not to be just like her.

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

4. Audre Lorde believes there are two reactions which are of no help to anyone - ___________ and defensiveness.

5. Audre Lorde's primary reaction to __________ is anger and she feels it is an appropriate response to this problem.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Audre Lorde use a pseudonym when she wrote the story about La Lllorona?

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

4. What does Audre Lorde say that all black women have inside of them, something she has spent her life trying to express?

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

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

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

10. What does Audre Lorde accuse white women of ignoring when it comes to the feminist movement?

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