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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. Poetry is the essence of _______________, according to the feelings of Audre Lorde.
(a) Maidenhood.
(b) Power.
(c) Womanhood.
(d) Struggles.

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

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

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

5. Poetry is equivalent to _________ rather than to thinking, according to Audre Lorde, and is more essential than thesis-based writing.
(a) Feeling.
(b) Singing.
(c) Being.
(d) Shouting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Audre Lorde accuses Mary Daly of completely dismissing the influence of ____________ in history.

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

3. What is the pseudonym that Audre Lorde uses when she publishes the story of La Llorona?

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

5. The dismissal of other points of view, according to Audre Lorde, act as barriers to _____________ as other forms of racism do too.

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