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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. Audre Lorde just wants her son to grow up to be who ____________, not to be just like her.
(a) His sister wants him to be.
(b) She wants him to be.
(c) Others want him to be.
(d) He wants to be.

2. Within the _________ community, according to Audre Lorde, members have learned to distrust each other.
(a) Female.
(b) Male.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

3. Audre Lorde believes there are two reactions which are of no help to anyone - ___________ and defensiveness.
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Anger.

4. Black men seem to view black women as threatening if they become __________, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Weaker.
(b) Insubordinate.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Financially successful.

5. Audre Lorde sees that black men encourage black women to identify themselves in terms of their ___________ to their black male partners.
(a) Permissiveness.
(b) Allegiance.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Misconceptions can lead to the fear that another group's ____________ at securing some of their freedom will take it away from other groups.

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

3. Audre Lorde describes a black woman who once said that ____________ would lead to the extinction of the race as a whole.

4. Audre Lorde does point out that sons of lesbians have the advantage of having seen their mothers' blueprints for ____________.

5. Audre Lorde sees that there is an oppressive _____________ which causes many women to bottle up their anger.

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