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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 feels that the ________ is incomplete without a discussion of the differences between women.

2. Audre Lorde believes that enabling her children to be ___________ with themselves is one of the best gifts she has given them.

3. Who does Audre Lorde accuse of focusing on the struggles of women as women, rather than as particular kinds of women?

4. How old is Audre Lorde's son at the time when she has written this section?

5. At a recent conference, Audre Lorde was told that ________ over the age of ten were not allowed to come.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Audre Lorde believe to be a potentially useful force when it comes to racism and fighting against it?

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

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

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

6. What is the most important gift, Audre Lorde says, that she has given her children as a mother?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lorde finds that poetry communicates answers to difficult questions, as she states in her interview with Adrienne Rich.

Part 1: What do you think about the ability of poetry to communicate answers to difficult questions?

Part 2: How do you react when you read poetry to yourself in your life?

Part 3: Why do you think the poetry is something which speaks to so many people more than other pieces of writing?

Essay Topic 2

Lorde is one for discussing the differences in the lives of women, no matter what color or sexual preference.

Part 1: Why do you think differences are important to point out in the lives of others?

Part 2: Do you think the focusing on similarities can be powerful as well?

Part 3: How do you think that differences can be used in a discussion about feminism and racism?

Essay Topic 3

The relationship between Lorde and her son is one which makes her think about her influence on him in his life.

Part 1: Do you think it's reasonable to say that Lorde is unable to be a complete parent to her son?

Part 2: Do you think the Lorde's son may not be able to find a good role model in his life?

Part 3: Do you believe a son is going to be less of a man because of having a lesbian mother?

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