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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Learning from the 60s.

Multiple Choice 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.
(a) Murders her husband's father.
(b) Kills herself.
(c) Drowns her own children.
(d) Murders her sister.

2. Who greets Audre Lorde at the airport when she travels to Tashket, a city which reminds her of Ghana?
(a) Children.
(b) Her publisher.
(c) Adrienne Rich.
(d) A priest.

3. The _______ that the black men manifest toward black women would, according to Audre Lorde, be more effective as a force for greater change.
(a) Joy.
(b) Rage.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Humor.

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

5. In what state is Audre Lorde invited to become a poet-in-residence as well as a teacher for students?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________, Audre Lorde says, is needed to work toward change, though it does not need to include violence.

2. What is NOT one of the viewpoints which is being discussed on the panel which Audre Lorde is on?

3. In the thinking about outsiders, ____________ are considered best either ignored, copied or destroyed.

4. Audre Lorde believes there are two reactions which are of no help to anyone - ___________ and defensiveness.

5. Malcolm X got closer to understanding the complexities of ____________ than any other person that Audre Lorde observed.

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