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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. Black __________ are even more threatening, according to Audre Lorde, since they do not fit into a _____________.
(a) Census.
(b) Model.
(c) School pattern.
(d) Society.

4. Mary Daly is the __________ female author of "Gyn/Ecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism."
(a) White.
(b) Christian.
(c) Married.
(d) Black.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Audre Lorde asks the audience what __________ they might be enduring in silence rather than speaking against them.

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

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

4. 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?

5. Audre Lorde accuses Mary Daly of completely dismissing the influence of ____________ in history.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Audre Lorde define the idea of women-identified women, according to her speech?

2. What does Audre Lorde say that Mary Daly used the poem on genital mutilation to do within her book?

3. What do the feelings of poetry do in relation to connecting with other times, according to Audre Lorde?

4. What happens to injustices when they are left silent, according to Audre Lorde's speech in this section?

5. What leads to better decision making, in Audre Lorde's opinion, which becomes a source of power?

6. What are some of the ills of modern life which Audre Lorde believes poetry can help to cure?

7. What are the two ways, according to Audre Lorde, in which the erotic can serve a person?

8. What does Audre Lorde suggest that Mary Daly has completely dismissed in her book when she reviews it?

9. How does Audre Lorde define the idea of erotic and what it means to be erotic in the context of this chapter?

10. To what is this section of the book responding to? Who is Audre Lorde sending this letter in response to?

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