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

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

3. ___________ based on anger can only destroy the past and is incapable of helping to build a new future.

4. The _________ of ideas in the movement of the 1960s is one of the lessons which Audre Lorde says must be learned.

5. Many women seem to dismiss Audre Lorde's anger as something which is ___________ or useless, but Lorde sees it as useful.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Audre Lorde feel are the two facets of the American system which are seen by most an inevitable, in this essay?

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

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

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 is the caveat that Audre Lorde makes at the start of the essay about her relationship with her son?

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

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

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

9. What does Audre Lorde point out to be used as a derogatory term in the black community for a self-identified and independent woman?

10. What happens, according to Audre Lorde, when it comes to the differences between people?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The black community in the 1960s, according to Lorde, had a lot of problems due to feeling there needed to be a simple solution.

Part 1: Do you think there can ever be an easy solution to as complicated a problem as racism?

Part 2: How do you think that you might feel if you were in a group that was fighting over the idea of a simple solution?

Part 3: Why do you think that Lorde felt isolated during this time in the 1960s?

Essay Topic 2

Anger is the primary response that Lorde has in response to racism, she admits.

Part 1: Why do you think that anger is the main response that Lorde has to the impact of racism?

Part 2: Do you think that anger can be a positive emotional response?

Part 3: How do you think you might respond if you were constantly put down and told that you weren't as good a person as anyone else?

Essay Topic 3

Lorde used to teach a class of white students about racism, but then realized she wanted to teach black students again.

Part 1: Why do you think that Lorde wanted to teach black students again?

Part 2: How do you think the white students benefited from having a black teacher?

Part 3: Do you think it's better to have a white or a black teacher teaching a class on racism? Why?

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