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

2. When emotional concerns are ignored, the erotic becomes a simple unpleasant _______________, which takes the passion away.
(a) Picture.
(b) Act.
(c) Object.
(d) Necessity.

3. Audre Lorde begins to believe that important issues are better to be ___________ than to go unexpressed in the world.
(a) Discussed.
(b) Proven.
(c) Honored.
(d) Shouted.

4. Horizontal ______ can be a useful tool for those who wish to oppress a given group, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Sexism.
(b) Hostility.
(c) Homophobia.
(d) Racism.

5. Audre Lorde believes that the revelation that she too has __________________ is something which will help her son cope.
(a) Challenges.
(b) A voice.
(c) Power.
(d) Weaknesses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Much of the black community is mired in ___________ due to a false sense of security or despair, according to Audre Lorde.

2. A women interviews Audre Lorde because the writer is doing a story about ___________.

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

4. Mary Daly was trying to overcome the repressive forces of the ______________, according to Audre Lorde's point of view.

5. The piece that Audre Lorde writes to Mary Daly was written after the murder of _______ black women in the Boston area.

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