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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 points out that productivity in Russia is measured by ___________ and not by money as it is in other areas.
(a) Cleanliness.
(b) Food.
(c) Community.
(d) Power.

2. Audre Lorde says the illusion of __________ between groups is imposed on the oppressed individual by society.
(a) Boredom.
(b) Conflict.
(c) Separation.
(d) Weakness.

3. The acceptance of one's feelings can lead to _____________, thus poetry can help those who are or who feel oppressed.
(a) Empowerment.
(b) Honor.
(c) Community.
(d) Results.

4. To what city does Audre Lorde compare the atmosphere and the weather of Moscow?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

5. Audre Lorde sees that black men encourage black women to identify themselves in terms of their ___________ to their black male partners.
(a) Permissiveness.
(b) Allegiance.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While erotic is about feeling, according to Audre Lorde, __________ is devoid of feeling and about sensation only.

3. Misconceptions can lead to the fear that another group's ____________ at securing some of their freedom will take it away from other groups.

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

5. Audre Lorde meets a women with whom she identifies strongly, at the ___________ Collective.

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