View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Efik Ebibio is married to a man, but actively speaks of a ___________ relationship with another married woman.
(a) Friend.
(b) Lesbian.
(c) Professional.
(d) Marriage.

3. Audre Lorde sees the Soviet Union as placing its___________ at the core of its programs, at least officially.
(a) Talents.
(b) People.
(c) Natural resources.
(d) Pride.

4. What is NOT one of the ills of life which poetry serves to cure, acting as an antidote to these ills, according to Audre Lorde?
(a) Environmental destruction.
(b) Institutional dehumanization.
(c) Linear power.
(d) Unhealthy focus on profit.

5. Who was the person which send the copy of Mary Daly's book to Audre Lorde in order to review it?
(a) Mary Daly.
(b) Robert Staples.
(c) Adrienne Rich.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of World War II, what do the Russians call this war, according to the findings of Audre Lorde?

2. While erotic is about feeling, according to Audre Lorde, __________ is devoid of feeling and about sensation only.

3. Who does Audre Lorde feel was left out of the book which Mary Daly has written?

4. Audre Lorde sees poetry as the formation of ______________, rather than helping to express what's already there.

5. Audre Lorde accuses Mary Daly of completely dismissing the influence of ____________ in history.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the regrets that Audre Lorde sees in her own life as she admits in her speech?

2. What does Staples' article seem to think of black women, according to the way Audre Lorde interprets it?

3. What are some of the ills of modern life which Audre Lorde believes poetry can help to cure?

4. What does Audre Lorde believe is missing from Mary Daly's work and she begins to point this out in the letter?

5. To what does Audre Lorde attribute the intense distrust between black women in her society?

6. To what is this section of the book responding to? Who is Audre Lorde sending this letter in response to?

7. What happens to hopes and to dreams when they are put into language in poetry, according to Audre Lorde?

8. What happened at a New York state college, according to Audre Lorde, when talking about the barriers to women?

9. What does Audre Lorde says is a symptom of white male-centric thought processes?

10. What are the two ways, according to Audre Lorde, in which the erotic can serve a person?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 658 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample