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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through An Open Letter to Mary Daly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Audre Lorde challenges the people at the panel to look at their lives as she looked at her possible _______________.
(a) Life experiences.
(b) Surgeries.
(c) Poems.
(d) Cancer treatment.

2. Efik Ebibio is married to a man, but actively speaks of a ___________ relationship with another married woman.
(a) Friend.
(b) Lesbian.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Professional.

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

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?
(a) Linear power.
(b) Institutional dehumanization.
(c) Environmental destruction.
(d) Unhealthy focus on profit.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Mary Daly was trying to overcome the repressive forces of the ______________, according to Audre Lorde's point of view.

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

4. 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.

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

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