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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. In dreams that Audre Lorde has after her trip to Russia, she begins to believe that Russia became a mythic representation of that ___________ does not yet exist anywhere she has been.
(a) Truth.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Fascism.

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

3. Who greets Audre Lorde at the airport when she travels to Tashket, a city which reminds her of Ghana?
(a) Her publisher.
(b) Adrienne Rich.
(c) Children.
(d) A priest.

4. Audre Lorde sees poetry as the formation of ______________, rather than helping to express what's already there.
(a) Truths.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Progress.
(d) Femininity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The acceptance of one's feelings can lead to _____________, thus poetry can help those who are or who feel oppressed.

2. Audre Lorde sees ____________ as a group that is very visible as 'different' but also invisible as second class citizens.

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

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

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

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