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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Learning from the 60s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Audre Lorde believe the forms of human blindness can be remedied through the realization that ___________ can be enriching.
(a) Blindness.
(b) Differences.
(c) Sameness.
(d) Community.

2. ____________ can create an illusion of protection from those who might wish one harm, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Government power.
(b) Rights.
(c) Invisibility.
(d) Poetry.

3. To Audre Lorde, the power of the erotic is summed up by her own phrase, "It _____________."
(a) Looks right to me.
(b) Feels right to me.
(c) Feels good in my heart.
(d) Feels right to my partners.

4. __________, says Audre Lorde, is an ongoing event, as she cites examples which are taking place in the world.
(a) Revolution.
(b) Anger.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Racism.

5. Audre Lorde accuses Daly of simply browsing the works of black women for __________, rather than actually reading them.
(a) Support.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Quotes.
(d) Agreements.

Short Answer Questions

1. Poetry is equivalent to _________ rather than to thinking, according to Audre Lorde, and is more essential than thesis-based writing.

2. At a _________ state college, women tried to come together to support each other, only to be met with violence and shunned by their male peers.

3. The conference at which Audre Lorde is talking discusses specifically the women who have a problem with the __________ of black women.

4. Much of the black community is mired in ___________ due to a false sense of security or despair, according to Audre Lorde.

5. _________, Audre Lorde says, is needed to work toward change, though it does not need to include violence.

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