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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.
(a) Vermont.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Illinois.
(d) New York.

2. Audre Lorde believes that enabling her children to be ___________ with themselves is one of the best gifts she has given them.
(a) Sad.
(b) Honest.
(c) Content.
(d) Happy.

3. Misconceptions can lead to the fear that another group's ____________ at securing some of their freedom will take it away from other groups.
(a) Weakness.
(b) Success.
(c) Leadership.
(d) Commitment.

4. How old is Audre Lorde's son at the time when she has written this section?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

5. Instead of telling her son to fight the bullies, Audre Lorde tells her son about how she __________________.
(a) Loves him no matter what he does.
(b) Talks to a group.
(c) Was afraid of bullies too.
(d) Would beat up other girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the forms of human blindness which Audre Lorde seeks to define in this section?

2. What is the name of Audre Lorde's son who is featured within this section of the book?

3. Audre Lorde just wants her son to grow up to be who ____________, not to be just like her.

4. Audre Lorde sees that black men encourage black women to identify themselves in terms of their ___________ to their black male partners.

5. At the same time, sons of lesbian mothers have to formulate their own ideas about what it means to be __________.

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