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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. By recognizing __________, Audre Lorde believes that it is possible to begin to move past them.

2. __________, says Audre Lorde, is an ongoing event, as she cites examples which are taking place in the world.

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

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is one of the most often unrecognized differences, according to Audre Lorde, between white and black women?

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

10. What did Audre Lorde's mother used to do when she could not find a word for the meaning that she wanted to convey?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lorde says that one oppression does not justify the other, even though she feels society is saying this.

Part 1: How does oppression impact the way a society works?

Part 2: Do you think that oppression is rampant in society today?

Part 3: Why do you think that oppression is a concern for Lorde during the time of her writing?

Essay Topic 2

Lorde defines poetry as something which is vital and necessary to the human condition.

Part 1: Do you agree that poetry is vital and essential to the human condition?

Part 2: Why do you think Lorde feels women will benefit most from poetry?

Part 3: What are your initial reactions to reading and to writing poetry?

Essay Topic 3

Lorde is focused on seeing the number of black people at the conference in Russia with her, as well as in the cities that she traverses.

Part 1: Why do you think Lorde is so focused on finding others of her race?

Part 2: Do you think that it's racist to focus only on your own race?

Part 3: How do you think Lorde's experience could be shifted by taking the emphasis off of race?

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