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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Audre Lorde accuses the author of the article of attacking the black feminists under the guise of trying to __________ with them.
(a) Work.
(b) Understand their concerns.
(c) Make peace.
(d) Open a dialogue.

2. Audre Lorde accuses Daly of simply browsing the works of black women for __________, rather than actually reading them.
(a) Quotes.
(b) Support.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Agreements.

3. Who in Audre Lorde's life used to make up words when they could not come up with the word they needed?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her dad.
(d) Her mom.

4. At the same time, sons of lesbian mothers have to formulate their own ideas about what it means to be __________.
(a) A son.
(b) A female.
(c) Male.
(d) A provider.

5. Audre Lorde asks the audience what __________ they might be enduring in silence rather than speaking against them.
(a) Lies.
(b) Laws.
(c) Powers.
(d) Injustices.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Audre Lorde feel was left out of the book which Mary Daly has written?

2. Audre Lorde admits that she can only deal with her ___________ and that she will try not to make generalizations.

3. What conference was Audre Lorde speaking at where she gave the speech that is outlined in this section?

4. Black __________ are even more threatening, according to Audre Lorde, since they do not fit into a _____________.

5. In dreams that Audre Lorde has after her trip to Russia, she begins to believe that Russia became a mythic representation of that ___________ does not yet exist anywhere she has been.

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