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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. Who in Audre Lorde's life used to make up words when they could not come up with the word they needed?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her dad.
(c) Her mom.
(d) Her brother.

2. To Audre Lorde, the power of the erotic is summed up by her own phrase, "It _____________."
(a) Looks right to me.
(b) Feels right to me.
(c) Feels good in my heart.
(d) Feels right to my partners.

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

4. There is only, according to Audre Lorde, the renewed __________ to try out the old ideas which are waiting around.
(a) Courage.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Inspiration.
(d) Power.

5. While erotic is about feeling, according to Audre Lorde, __________ is devoid of feeling and about sensation only.
(a) Art.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Pornography.
(d) Book.

Short Answer Questions

1. African ________ and the Amazon women of ancient Dahoney are examples Audre Lorde cites of women-identified women.

2. Within the _________ community, according to Audre Lorde, members have learned to distrust each other.

3. When emotional concerns are ignored, the erotic becomes a simple unpleasant _______________, which takes the passion away.

4. Where was Audre Lorde when she had the intense experience with the beauty of the land at the age of nineteen?

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

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