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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. The title of the article to which Audre Lorde decides to respond is, "The Myth of ___________: A Response to Angry Black Feminists."
(a) Black Men.
(b) Black Anger.
(c) Black Disconnect.
(d) Black Macho.

2. Audre Lorde decided to publish the open letter to Mary Daly after sending it to her and receiving ______________.
(a) The letter back, unread.
(b) The book rewritten.
(c) No reply.
(d) An angry reply.

3. There is only, according to Audre Lorde, the renewed __________ to try out the old ideas which are waiting around.
(a) Inspiration.
(b) Courage.
(c) Power.
(d) Creativity.

4. 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.

5. Who greets Audre Lorde at the airport when she travels to Tashket, a city which reminds her of Ghana?
(a) Children.
(b) Adrienne Rich.
(c) A priest.
(d) Her publisher.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Audre Lorde characterizes the people in Uzbekistan as being __________ as she moves through the countryside.

3. The dismissal of the black feminist point of view leads Audre Lorde to threaten _________ between or or separation.

4. Audre Lorde wants to point out that one ________________ does not justify another and the other author's method of expressing this was misguided.

5. Women are frequently taught that the erotic is only of use within the realm of __________.

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