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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. American society, according to Audre Lorde, defines human __________ in a limited way, without concern for the emotions.
(a) Need.
(b) Truth.
(c) Thought.
(d) Power.

2. Audre Lorde defines the erotic as both spiritual and ___________ and as a source of power in the world.
(a) Female.
(b) Male.
(c) Heterosexual.
(d) Homosexual.

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

4. Who was the person which send the copy of Mary Daly's book to Audre Lorde in order to review it?
(a) No one.
(b) Adrienne Rich.
(c) Robert Staples.
(d) Mary Daly.

5. Audre Lorde accuses Mary Daly of completely dismissing the influence of ____________ in history.
(a) Black women.
(b) Poets.
(c) Black men.
(d) White men.

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

7. Audre Lorde sees the Soviet Union as placing its___________ at the core of its programs, at least officially.
(a) People.
(b) Talents.
(c) Natural resources.
(d) Pride.

8. 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.

9. Erotic provides the ___________ of sharing an experience with another, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Truth.
(b) Power.
(c) Connection.
(d) Belief.

10. Whose murder does Audre Lorde bring up in order to show the senselessness of misdirection?
(a) Patricia Cowan.
(b) Judy Barry.
(c) Constance Stamos.
(d) Adrienne Rich.

11. Audre Lorde decided to publish the open letter to Mary Daly after sending it to her and receiving ______________.
(a) The letter back, unread.
(b) No reply.
(c) The book rewritten.
(d) An angry reply.

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

13. What imagery does Audre Lorde question in Mary Daly's book as she perceives it to be filled with white examples?
(a) Goddess.
(b) Relationship.
(c) Erotic.
(d) Love.

14. Audre Lorde accuses Daly of using her _________ to legitimize her writing in the eyes of black women readers.
(a) Ideas.
(b) Words.
(c) Review.
(d) Picture.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The piece that Audre Lorde writes to Mary Daly was written after the murder of _______ black women in the Boston area.

2. Audre Lorde wants to point out that one ________________ does not justify another and the other author's method of expressing this was misguided.

3. This section encompasses a talk which Audre Lorde gave during a "Lesbian and _________ Panel" in 1977.

4. Audre Lorde discusses the topic of ___________ anger against and toward black females in this section.

5. Mary Daly was trying to overcome the repressive forces of the ______________, according to Audre Lorde's point of view.

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