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

2. Contemplating her own ____________ gives Audre Lorde the perspective she needs in order to see the silence does not protect from fear.
(a) Logic.
(b) Mortality.
(c) Effectiveness.
(d) Poetry.

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

4. Audre Lorde believes that poetry is more necessary to the human condition than a ____________ activity.
(a) Leisure.
(b) Government.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Community.

5. ____________ can create an illusion of protection from those who might wish one harm, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Poetry.
(b) Invisibility.
(c) Rights.
(d) Government power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hopes and __________ are transformed into language through poetry, which then can lead to action.

2. Black females, according to Audre Lorde, have become a primary target for _________ whose cause is external to the black community.

3. What does Audre Lorde's guide complain about when it comes to the Russian working class?

4. What is NOT one of the ills of life which poetry serves to cure, acting as an antidote to these ills, according to Audre Lorde?

5. Poetry is the essence of _______________, according to the feelings of Audre Lorde.

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