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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. There is only, according to Audre Lorde, the renewed __________ to try out the old ideas which are waiting around.
(a) Creativity.
(b) Power.
(c) Inspiration.
(d) Courage.

2. Poetry is equivalent to _________ rather than to thinking, according to Audre Lorde, and is more essential than thesis-based writing.
(a) Shouting.
(b) Singing.
(c) Being.
(d) Feeling.

3. 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) Unhealthy focus on profit.
(b) Environmental destruction.
(c) Institutional dehumanization.
(d) Linear power.

4. Misconceptions can lead to the fear that another group's ____________ at securing some of their freedom will take it away from other groups.
(a) Commitment.
(b) Weakness.
(c) Leadership.
(d) Success.

5. What caused Audre Lorde to examine herself more closely, as she reveals in her talk on the panel?
(a) A lover breakup.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Benign breast tumor removal.
(d) Breast cancer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Within the _________ community, according to Audre Lorde, members have learned to distrust each other.

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

4. African ________ and the Amazon women of ancient Dahoney are examples Audre Lorde cites of women-identified women.

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

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