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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The acceptance of one's feelings can lead to _____________, thus poetry can help those who are or who feel oppressed.
(a) Community.
(b) Honor.
(c) Results.
(d) Empowerment.

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

3. What imagery does Audre Lorde question in Mary Daly's book as she perceives it to be filled with white examples?
(a) Love.
(b) Goddess.
(c) Erotic.
(d) Relationship.

4. While erotic is about feeling, according to Audre Lorde, __________ is devoid of feeling and about sensation only.
(a) Poetry.
(b) Book.
(c) Pornography.
(d) Art.

5. The dismissal of the black feminist point of view leads Audre Lorde to threaten _________ between or or separation.
(a) Distrust.
(b) War.
(c) Anger.
(d) Opposition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rich asks Audre Lorde why she calls two of her poems ___________ when she speaks of them.

2. Who does Audre Lorde feel was left out of the book which Mary Daly has written?

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

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

5. In the story of La Llorona, the mother ___________ in retaliation for her husband's infidelity, as well as doing the same to his mother.

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