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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Learning from the 60s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Audre Lorde believes the article was simply a show of the proof that the black male community sees black women as a ________ rather than allies.
(a) Distraction.
(b) Terror.
(c) Threat.
(d) Annoyance.

2. Audre Lorde sees ____________ as a group that is very visible as 'different' but also invisible as second class citizens.
(a) Women.
(b) Black children.
(c) White women.
(d) Black women.

3. The dismissal of other points of view, according to Audre Lorde, act as barriers to _____________ as other forms of racism do too.
(a) Peace.
(b) Power.
(c) Truth.
(d) Understanding.

4. Audre Lorde believes that enabling her children to be ___________ with themselves is one of the best gifts she has given them.
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Honest.
(d) Content.

5. One of the reasons which Audre Lorde believes leads to silence in one's life is ______________.
(a) Discrimination.
(b) Poor writing.
(c) Poor community support.
(d) Femininity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Audre Lorde believes that many women would rather group all women into a ___________ than to look at differences.

2. Contemplating her own ____________ gives Audre Lorde the perspective she needs in order to see the silence does not protect from fear.

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

4. Audre Lorde believes there are two reactions which are of no help to anyone - ___________ and defensiveness.

5. Even if Audre Lorde was punished or misunderstood for _________, she notes that she regrets only those times when she was silent.

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