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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. To what city does Audre Lorde compare the atmosphere and the weather of Moscow?
(a) Chicago.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Berlin.

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

3. To Audre Lorde, the power of the erotic has the capacity to remind Lorde of the human capacity for __________ in the world.
(a) Connection.
(b) Truth.
(c) Honor.
(d) Joy.

4. In dreams that Audre Lorde has after her trip to Russia, she begins to believe that Russia became a mythic representation of that ___________ does not yet exist anywhere she has been.
(a) Democracy.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Fascism.
(d) Truth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. The title of the article to which Audre Lorde decides to respond is, "The Myth of ___________: A Response to Angry Black Feminists."

3. The erotic is a depth of _______________ that women in this society are encouraged to ignore, according to Audre Lorde.

4. Efik Ebibio is married to a man, but actively speaks of a ___________ relationship with another married woman.

5. What is the name of the translator that Audre Lorde brings along with her in her travels in Russia?

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