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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) Understand their concerns.
(b) Work.
(c) Open a dialogue.
(d) Make peace.

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

3. The idea of a __________ is a tool which actively serves to separate the young from the old, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Glass ceiling.
(b) Generation gap.
(c) Time warp.
(d) Class system.

4. Audre Lorde sees that even the very idea that women are coming together against __________ is dangerous.
(a) Sexism.
(b) Heterophobia.
(c) Homophobia.
(d) Racism.

5. Who was the person which send the copy of Mary Daly's book to Audre Lorde in order to review it?
(a) Adrienne Rich.
(b) No one.
(c) Robert Staples.
(d) Mary Daly.

Short Answer Questions

1. To Audre Lorde, the power of the erotic has the capacity to remind Lorde of the human capacity for __________ in the world.

2. Who commissioned the conversation between Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich as it happens in this chapter?

3. Who does Audre Lorde accuse of focusing on the struggles of women as women, rather than as particular kinds of women?

4. Audre Lorde's primary reaction to __________ is anger and she feels it is an appropriate response to this problem.

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

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