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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the reasons which Audre Lorde believes leads to silence in one's life is ______________.
(a) Poor writing.
(b) Discrimination.
(c) Poor community support.
(d) Femininity.

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

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

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

5. The _______ that the black men manifest toward black women would, according to Audre Lorde, be more effective as a force for greater change.
(a) Humor.
(b) Rage.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Joy.

6. Within the _________ community, according to Audre Lorde, members have learned to distrust each other.
(a) Male.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Female.

7. Audre Lorde begins to believe that important issues are better to be ___________ than to go unexpressed in the world.
(a) Honored.
(b) Discussed.
(c) Shouted.
(d) Proven.

8. While erotic is about feeling, according to Audre Lorde, __________ is devoid of feeling and about sensation only.
(a) Poetry.
(b) Art.
(c) Book.
(d) Pornography.

9. Efik Ebibio is married to a man, but actively speaks of a ___________ relationship with another married woman.
(a) Marriage.
(b) Friend.
(c) Professional.
(d) Lesbian.

10. Audre Lorde characterizes the people in Uzbekistan as being __________ as she moves through the countryside.
(a) Industrious.
(b) Helpful.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Dull.

11. What does Audre Lorde's guide complain about when it comes to the Russian working class?
(a) Racism.
(b) Reverse snobbery.
(c) Unwillingness to learn.
(d) Choosing to play dumb.

12. What is NOT one of the forms of human blindness which Audre Lorde seeks to define in this section?
(a) Sexism.
(b) Homophobia.
(c) Racism.
(d) Intellectual snobbery.

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

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

15. Even if Audre Lorde was punished or misunderstood for _________, she notes that she regrets only those times when she was silent.
(a) Writing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Crying.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of the essay to which Audre Lorde decides to respond, as it was published in the same journal earlier in the year?

3. The acceptance of one's feelings can lead to _____________, thus poetry can help those who are or who feel oppressed.

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

5. The erotic is dangerous as once satisfaction is experienced, it is much harder for a person _____________.

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