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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. 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.

2. Women are frequently taught that the erotic is only of use within the realm of __________.
(a) Power battles.
(b) Pregnancy.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Sex.

3. A women interviews Audre Lorde because the writer is doing a story about ___________.
(a) American blacks.
(b) Women writers.
(c) Negro policy.
(d) Black lesbians.

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

5. Erotic provides the ___________ of sharing an experience with another, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Connection.
(b) Truth.
(c) Power.
(d) Belief.

Short Answer Questions

1. Expression through poetry leads to new ideas that are more easily formed on the ___________ level of poems.

2. What caused Audre Lorde to examine herself more closely, as she reveals in her talk on the panel?

3. Audre Lorde believes that poetry is more necessary to the human condition than a ____________ activity.

4. To what city does Audre Lorde compare the atmosphere and the weather of Moscow?

5. Horizontal ______ can be a useful tool for those who wish to oppress a given group, according to Audre Lorde.

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