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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. Many women seem to dismiss Audre Lorde's anger as something which is ___________ or useless, but Lorde sees it as useful.
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Unfounded.
(c) Disruptive.
(d) Blameless.

2. By recognizing __________, Audre Lorde believes that it is possible to begin to move past them.
(a) Women's rights.
(b) Prejudices.
(c) Mankind's flaws.
(d) Darkness.

3. Audre Lorde urges the _________ to look inside themselves in order to begin to create change.
(a) Government.
(b) Children.
(c) Audience.
(d) Men.

4. The dismissal of the black feminist point of view leads Audre Lorde to threaten _________ between or or separation.
(a) War.
(b) Anger.
(c) Distrust.
(d) Opposition.

5. What is the name of the translator that Audre Lorde brings along with her in her travels in Russia?
(a) Helen.
(b) Margot.
(c) Athena.
(d) Juliet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Audre Lorde asks the audience what __________ they might be enduring in silence rather than speaking against them.

2. The title of the article to which Audre Lorde decides to respond is, "The Myth of ___________: A Response to Angry Black Feminists."

3. Audre Lorde thinks it to be wrong to bottle up anger and then later unleash it on a/an _________________.

4. American society, according to Audre Lorde, defines human __________ in a limited way, without concern for the emotions.

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

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