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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. Who in Audre Lorde's life used to make up words when they could not come up with the word they needed?

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

4. Audre Lorde admits that she can only deal with her ___________ and that she will try not to make generalizations.

5. Outsiders are like ___________ within a society which is based on profits, according to Audre Lorde.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lorde believes that people need to have groups in which they can be supported as this will help them to be more understanding as a whole.

Part 1: Why do you think that people need or do not need other people?

Part 2: What happens when a group or a person doesn't have any sort of support in their life?

Part 3: How do you think your life might be different if you didn't have any support from others?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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