View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through An Interview: Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Black __________ are even more threatening, according to Audre Lorde, since they do not fit into a _____________.
(a) School pattern.
(b) Society.
(c) Model.
(d) Census.

2. Who does Audre Lorde feel was left out of the book which Mary Daly has written?
(a) Modern women.
(b) Lesbian women.
(c) Black women.
(d) White women.

3. American society, according to Audre Lorde, defines human __________ in a limited way, without concern for the emotions.
(a) Truth.
(b) Power.
(c) Need.
(d) Thought.

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

5. Audre Lorde believes that poetry is able to express ____________ , which are then a direct link back to the ancient society.
(a) Love qualities.
(b) Truths.
(c) Questions.
(d) Feelings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Audre Lorde decided to publish the open letter to Mary Daly after sending it to her and receiving ______________.

2. Where was Audre Lorde when she learned that Martin Luther King had been killed?

3. In what state is Audre Lorde invited to become a poet-in-residence as well as a teacher for students?

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

5. When emotional concerns are ignored, the erotic becomes a simple unpleasant _______________, which takes the passion away.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 233 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample