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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. What is the name of Audre Lorde's daughter, as she is mentioned in the book at this point?

2. Audre Lorde says that she has spent her life learning to express her own ________ rather than trying to suppress it.

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

4. Audre Lorde believes that many groups have avoided discussing anger between ___________ in favor of other concerns.

5. This section's essay was first given to an audience at ___________ College in April of 1980.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Audre Lorde defines four words which signal the human blindness she sees. They are racism, sexism, heterosexism, and homophobia.

Part 1: Do you think that Lorde is missing any other forms of human blindness?

Part 2: How do you think your life is affected by these forms of human blindness?

Part 3: Why do you think the Lorde singles out these forms of blindness? What blindness might she be showing in the list she has created?

Essay Topic 3

Lorde challenges the way that Daly presents her arguments about women and radical feminism.

Part 1: Why do you think that Lorde seeks to criticize Daly rather than to celebrate the strengths of the book?

Part 2: Do you think the Lorde is being unnecessarily critical of Daly's work?

Part 3: How do you think Lorde could have opened up a dialogue with Daly, rather than to simply write a letter of challenge?

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