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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 is NOT one of the ills of life which poetry serves to cure, acting as an antidote to these ills, according to Audre Lorde?
(a) Linear power.
(b) Unhealthy focus on profit.
(c) Institutional dehumanization.
(d) Environmental destruction.

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

3. Contemplating her own ____________ gives Audre Lorde the perspective she needs in order to see the silence does not protect from fear.
(a) Effectiveness.
(b) Mortality.
(c) Logic.
(d) Poetry.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Audre Lorde feels that the erotic can be a tool for ____________ and an energizing force to bring about change.

2. The erotic is a depth of _______________ that women in this society are encouraged to ignore, according to Audre Lorde.

3. American society, according to Audre Lorde, defines human __________ in a limited way, without concern for the emotions.

4. __________ allows injustices to go unheard and fears to remain powerful, according to Audre Lorde in her talk.

5. There is only, according to Audre Lorde, the renewed __________ to try out the old ideas which are waiting around.

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