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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. Some white women, according to Audre Lorde, restrict themselves to the __________ community and this angers Lorde.
(a) Business.
(b) Music.
(c) Academic.
(d) Art.

2. Audre Lorde does point out that sons of lesbians have the advantage of having seen their mothers' blueprints for ____________.
(a) Truth.
(b) Power.
(c) Survival.
(d) Action.

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

4. 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) Illinois.
(b) New York.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Vermont.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. ___________ is the fury of those who do not share our goals and its object is death and destruction.

2. Audre Lorde feels that her son will have to forge his own ___________ without a clear model or someone to rebel against.

3. Audre Lorde thinks it to be wrong to bottle up anger and then later unleash it on a/an _________________.

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

5. Audre Lorde believes that enabling her children to be ___________ with themselves is one of the best gifts she has given them.

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