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

2. 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) Democracy.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Truth.
(d) Socialism.

3. Black men seem to view black women as threatening if they become __________, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Weaker.
(b) Insubordinate.
(c) Financially successful.
(d) Powerful.

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) Weakness.
(b) Success.
(c) Leadership.
(d) Commitment.

5. Instead of World War II, what do the Russians call this war, according to the findings of Audre Lorde?
(a) The Good War.
(b) Great Patriotic War.
(c) The World War III.
(d) The Bad War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Contemplating her own ____________ gives Audre Lorde the perspective she needs in order to see the silence does not protect from fear.

2. Audre Lorde sees the Soviet Union as placing its___________ at the core of its programs, at least officially.

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

4. Audre Lorde believes that poetry is able to express ____________ , which are then a direct link back to the ancient society.

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

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