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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 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.

2. While erotic is about feeling, according to Audre Lorde, __________ is devoid of feeling and about sensation only.
(a) Pornography.
(b) Book.
(c) Art.
(d) Poetry.

3. The acceptance of one's feelings can lead to _____________, thus poetry can help those who are or who feel oppressed.
(a) Empowerment.
(b) Results.
(c) Honor.
(d) Community.

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) Weakness.
(b) Leadership.
(c) Commitment.
(d) Success.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Poetry is equivalent to _________ rather than to thinking, according to Audre Lorde, and is more essential than thesis-based writing.

2. Audre Lorde defines the erotic as both spiritual and ___________ and as a source of power in the world.

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

4. The erotic is dangerous as once satisfaction is experienced, it is much harder for a person _____________.

5. One of the reasons which Audre Lorde believes leads to silence in one's life is ______________.

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