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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 sees that there is an oppressive _____________ which causes many women to bottle up their anger.
(a) Social construct.
(b) Mindset.
(c) Law.
(d) Patriarchy.

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

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

4. Some white women, according to Audre Lorde, restrict themselves to the __________ community and this angers Lorde.
(a) Academic.
(b) Music.
(c) Art.
(d) Business.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of telling her son to fight the bullies, Audre Lorde tells her son about how she __________________.

2. Audre Lorde truly believes there is an _____________ of the white woman to try to see the struggles of the black woman.

3. Audre Lorde points out the flaw in thinking that another group freedom of ___________ is to jeopardize one's own freedoms.

4. What is the name of Audre Lorde's son who is featured within this section of the book?

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

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