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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 Macho.
(b) Black Anger.
(c) Black Men.
(d) Black Disconnect.

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

3. Audre Lorde points out the flaw in thinking that another group freedom of ___________ is to jeopardize one's own freedoms.
(a) Truth.
(b) Expression.
(c) Demonstration.
(d) Honor.

4. Black females, according to Audre Lorde, have become a primary target for _________ whose cause is external to the black community.
(a) Fear.
(b) Anger.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Sadness.

5. The piece that Audre Lorde writes to Mary Daly was written after the murder of _______ black women in the Boston area.
(a) 20.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the forms of human blindness which Audre Lorde seeks to define in this section?

2. What imagery does Audre Lorde question in Mary Daly's book as she perceives it to be filled with white examples?

3. Audre Lorde makes a trip to be an observer at the Union of Soviet Writers' African-Asian Writers Conference in __________.

4. Audre Lorde accuses the author of the article of attacking the black feminists under the guise of trying to __________ with them.

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

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