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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. Instead of telling her son to fight the bullies, Audre Lorde tells her son about how she __________________.
(a) Talks to a group.
(b) Would beat up other girls.
(c) Was afraid of bullies too.
(d) Loves him no matter what he does.

2. Black men seem to view black women as threatening if they become __________, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Weaker.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Insubordinate.
(d) Financially successful.

3. Audre Lorde just wants her son to grow up to be who ____________, not to be just like her.
(a) She wants him to be.
(b) Others want him to be.
(c) He wants to be.
(d) His sister wants him to be.

4. Audre Lorde does point out that sons of lesbians have the advantage of having seen their mothers' blueprints for ____________.
(a) Action.
(b) Truth.
(c) Survival.
(d) Power.

5. Audre Lorde admits that she can only deal with her ___________ and that she will try not to make generalizations.
(a) Truths.
(b) Logic.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Own experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. Audre Lorde sees that even the very idea that women are coming together against __________ is dangerous.

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

3. Some white women, according to Audre Lorde, restrict themselves to the __________ community and this angers Lorde.

4. Efik Ebibio is married to a man, but actively speaks of a ___________ relationship with another married woman.

5. How old is Audre Lorde's son at the time when she has written this section?

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