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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. Horizontal ______ can be a useful tool for those who wish to oppress a given group, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Sexism.
(b) Racism.
(c) Homophobia.
(d) Hostility.

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

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

4. Audre Lorde describes a black woman who once said that ____________ would lead to the extinction of the race as a whole.
(a) Lesbianism.
(b) Homophobia.
(c) Facism.
(d) Racism.

5. Efik Ebibio is married to a man, but actively speaks of a ___________ relationship with another married woman.
(a) Marriage.
(b) Friend.
(c) Professional.
(d) Lesbian.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Audre Lorde's primary reaction to __________ is anger and she feels it is an appropriate response to this problem.

4. Black men seem to view black women as threatening if they become __________, according to Audre Lorde.

5. Instead of telling her son to fight the bullies, Audre Lorde tells her son about how she __________________.

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