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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sexism: An American Disease in Blackface.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Audre Lorde to examine herself more closely, as she reveals in her talk on the panel?
(a) Benign breast tumor removal.
(b) A lover breakup.
(c) Breast cancer.
(d) Her husband.

2. Audre Lorde sees the Soviet Union as placing its___________ at the core of its programs, at least officially.
(a) Talents.
(b) People.
(c) Natural resources.
(d) Pride.

3. Erotic provides the ___________ of sharing an experience with another, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Truth.
(b) Power.
(c) Connection.
(d) Belief.

4. Audre Lorde accuses the author of the article of attacking the black feminists under the guise of trying to __________ with them.
(a) Open a dialogue.
(b) Understand their concerns.
(c) Work.
(d) Make peace.

5. There is only, according to Audre Lorde, the renewed __________ to try out the old ideas which are waiting around.
(a) Courage.
(b) Inspiration.
(c) Power.
(d) Creativity.

Short Answer Questions

1. To Audre Lorde, the power of the erotic is summed up by her own phrase, "It _____________."

2. Audre Lorde discusses the topic of ___________ anger against and toward black females in this section.

3. Whose murder does Audre Lorde bring up in order to show the senselessness of misdirection?

4. Horizontal ______ can be a useful tool for those who wish to oppress a given group, according to Audre Lorde.

5. Audre Lorde says the illusion of __________ between groups is imposed on the oppressed individual by society.

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