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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through An Interview: Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Within the _________ community, according to Audre Lorde, members have learned to distrust each other.
(a) Female.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Male.

2. Audre Lorde believes that poetry is able to express ____________ , which are then a direct link back to the ancient society.
(a) Feelings.
(b) Truths.
(c) Love qualities.
(d) Questions.

3. Audre Lorde feels that the erotic can be a tool for ____________ and an energizing force to bring about change.
(a) Government.
(b) Truth.
(c) Empowerment.
(d) Black communities.

4. Who does Audre Lorde feel was left out of the book which Mary Daly has written?
(a) Black women.
(b) Lesbian women.
(c) White women.
(d) Modern women.

5. African ________ and the Amazon women of ancient Dahoney are examples Audre Lorde cites of women-identified women.
(a) Co-wives.
(b) Settlers.
(c) Goddesses.
(d) Medicine women.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story of La Llorona, the mother ___________ in retaliation for her husband's infidelity, as well as doing the same to his mother.

2. __________ is necessary to the female condition, according to Audre Lorde, in this section of the book.

3. Misconceptions can lead to the fear that another group's ____________ at securing some of their freedom will take it away from other groups.

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

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

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