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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. Black men seem to view black women as threatening if they become __________, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Weaker.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Insubordinate.
(d) Financially successful.

2. Audre Lorde characterizes the people in Uzbekistan as being __________ as she moves through the countryside.
(a) Dull.
(b) Helpful.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Industrious.

3. Audre Lorde describes a black woman who once said that ____________ would lead to the extinction of the race as a whole.
(a) Facism.
(b) Homophobia.
(c) Racism.
(d) Lesbianism.

4. Audre Lorde discusses the topic of ___________ anger against and toward black females in this section.
(a) Government.
(b) Black male.
(c) White male.
(d) White female.

5. The dismissal of other points of view, according to Audre Lorde, act as barriers to _____________ as other forms of racism do too.
(a) Peace.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Truth.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Audre Lorde believes that poetry is more necessary to the human condition than a ____________ activity.

2. __________ is necessary to the female condition, according to Audre Lorde, in this section of the book.

3. This section encompasses a talk which Audre Lorde gave during a "Lesbian and _________ Panel" in 1977.

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

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

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