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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. African ________ and the Amazon women of ancient Dahoney are examples Audre Lorde cites of women-identified women.
(a) Co-wives.
(b) Settlers.
(c) Medicine women.
(d) Goddesses.

2. _________ is a tool which can be used constructively during a moment of frustration, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Humor.

3. What is the name of Audre Lorde's son who is featured within this section of the book?
(a) Michael.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Terrence.
(d) Jackson.

4. What is the name of Audre Lorde's daughter, as she is mentioned in the book at this point?
(a) Anne.
(b) Beth.
(c) Julie.
(d) Mary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Black __________ are even more threatening, according to Audre Lorde, since they do not fit into a _____________.

2. Audre Lorde believe the forms of human blindness can be remedied through the realization that ___________ can be enriching.

3. Audre Lorde believes that the revelation that she too has __________________ is something which will help her son cope.

4. Within the _________ community, according to Audre Lorde, members have learned to distrust each other.

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

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