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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. __________ is a grief of distortions between peers, and its object is change, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Oppression.
(b) Segregation.
(c) Anger.
(d) Hatred.

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. 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) Leadership.
(c) Success.
(d) Commitment.

4. Audre Lorde thinks it to be wrong to bottle up anger and then later unleash it on a/an _________________.
(a) Innocent party.
(b) Family member.
(c) Unwitting pet.
(d) Friend.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Audre Lorde just wants her son to grow up to be who ____________, not to be just like her.

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

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

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

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