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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sexism: An American Disease in Blackface.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Audre Lorde accuses the author of the article of attacking the black feminists under the guise of trying to __________ with them.
(a) Understand their concerns.
(b) Make peace.
(c) Work.
(d) Open a dialogue.

2. Where was the response by Audre Lorde first published for others to read as a response to another article?
(a) Time.
(b) The Black Scholar.
(c) Newsweek.
(d) Life.

3. Audre Lorde sees poetry as the formation of ______________, rather than helping to express what's already there.
(a) Progress.
(b) Truths.
(c) Femininity.
(d) Ideas.

4. Black females, according to Audre Lorde, have become a primary target for _________ whose cause is external to the black community.
(a) Sadness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Fear.

5. Poetry is the essence of _______________, according to the feelings of Audre Lorde.
(a) Struggles.
(b) Maidenhood.
(c) Womanhood.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. The title of the article to which Audre Lorde decides to respond is, "The Myth of ___________: A Response to Angry Black Feminists."

2. What is NOT one of the ills of life which poetry serves to cure, acting as an antidote to these ills, according to Audre Lorde?

3. Audre Lorde points out the flaw in thinking that another group freedom of ___________ is to jeopardize one's own freedoms.

4. The acceptance of one's feelings can lead to _____________, thus poetry can help those who are or who feel oppressed.

5. This section encompasses a talk which Audre Lorde gave during a "Lesbian and _________ Panel" in 1977.

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