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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This section encompasses a talk which Audre Lorde gave during a "Lesbian and _________ Panel" in 1977.
(a) Ethics.
(b) Movement.
(c) Literature.
(d) Poetry.

2. Expression through poetry leads to new ideas that are more easily formed on the ___________ level of poems.
(a) Logical.
(b) Ethical.
(c) Rational.
(d) Emotional.

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

4. Audre Lorde characterizes the people in Uzbekistan as being __________ as she moves through the countryside.
(a) Dull.
(b) Industrious.
(c) Helpful.
(d) Lazy.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Audre Lorde makes a trip to be an observer at the Union of Soviet Writers' African-Asian Writers Conference in __________.

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

3. One of the reasons which Audre Lorde believes leads to silence in one's life is ______________.

4. Hopes and __________ are transformed into language through poetry, which then can lead to action.

5. Audre Lorde describes a black woman who once said that ____________ would lead to the extinction of the race as a whole.

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