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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) Goddesses.
(b) Settlers.
(c) Co-wives.
(d) Medicine women.

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

3. Audre Lorde believes that the revelation that she too has __________________ is something which will help her son cope.
(a) A voice.
(b) Challenges.
(c) Weaknesses.
(d) Power.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. At a recent conference, Audre Lorde was told that ________ over the age of ten were not allowed to come.

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

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