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

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

3. Hopes and __________ are transformed into language through poetry, which then can lead to action.
(a) Aspirations.
(b) Loves.
(c) Thrills.
(d) Dreams.

4. Even if Audre Lorde was punished or misunderstood for _________, she notes that she regrets only those times when she was silent.
(a) Singing.
(b) Writing.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Crying.

5. What does Audre Lorde's guide complain about when it comes to the Russian working class?
(a) Reverse snobbery.
(b) Racism.
(c) Unwillingness to learn.
(d) Choosing to play dumb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erotic provides the ___________ of sharing an experience with another, according to Audre Lorde.

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

3. Audre Lorde defines the erotic as both spiritual and ___________ and as a source of power in the world.

4. Audre Lorde challenges the people at the panel to look at their lives as she looked at her possible _______________.

5. Efik Ebibio is married to a man, but actively speaks of a ___________ relationship with another married woman.

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