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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When emotional concerns are ignored, the erotic becomes a simple unpleasant _______________, which takes the passion away.
(a) Act.
(b) Object.
(c) Picture.
(d) Necessity.

2. Contemplating her own ____________ gives Audre Lorde the perspective she needs in order to see the silence does not protect from fear.
(a) Effectiveness.
(b) Logic.
(c) Mortality.
(d) Poetry.

3. Audre Lorde feels that her son will have to forge his own ___________ without a clear model or someone to rebel against.
(a) Identity.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Rules.
(d) Path.

4. In the story of La Llorona, the mother ___________ in retaliation for her husband's infidelity, as well as doing the same to his mother.
(a) Kills herself.
(b) Murders her husband's father.
(c) Murders her sister.
(d) Drowns her own children.

5. One of the reasons which Audre Lorde believes leads to silence in one's life is ______________.
(a) Poor community support.
(b) Femininity.
(c) Discrimination.
(d) Poor writing.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In what state is Audre Lorde invited to become a poet-in-residence as well as a teacher for students?

4. Erotic provides the ___________ of sharing an experience with another, according to Audre Lorde.

5. Within the _________ community, according to Audre Lorde, members have learned to distrust each other.

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