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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. Audre Lorde believe the forms of human blindness can be remedied through the realization that ___________ can be enriching.
(a) Blindness.
(b) Community.
(c) Sameness.
(d) Differences.

2. 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) Annoyance.
(b) Threat.
(c) Distraction.
(d) Terror.

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

4. Misconceptions can lead to the fear that another group's ____________ at securing some of their freedom will take it away from other groups.
(a) Success.
(b) Commitment.
(c) Weakness.
(d) Leadership.

5. Audre Lorde believes there are no new _________ still waiting in the wings to save us as women, as humans.
(a) Leaders.
(b) Books.
(c) Men.
(d) Ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. When emotional concerns are ignored, the erotic becomes a simple unpleasant _______________, which takes the passion away.

2. Audre Lorde points out that productivity in Russia is measured by ___________ and not by money as it is in other areas.

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

4. Audre Lorde believes that poetry is able to express ____________ , which are then a direct link back to the ancient society.

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

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