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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. The acceptance of one's feelings can lead to _____________, thus poetry can help those who are or who feel oppressed.
(a) Empowerment.
(b) Community.
(c) Honor.
(d) Results.

2. Audre Lorde believes the article was simply a show of the proof that the black male community sees black women as a ________ rather than allies.
(a) Threat.
(b) Annoyance.
(c) Terror.
(d) Distraction.

3. Audre Lorde believes that poetry is able to express ____________ , which are then a direct link back to the ancient society.
(a) Truths.
(b) Love qualities.
(c) Feelings.
(d) Questions.

4. The Great American Double Think is a symptom of the __________ thought processes, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Tired male.
(b) White male centric.
(c) Lazy black male.
(d) Black male centric.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Audre Lorde feel was left out of the book which Mary Daly has written?

2. Who was the person which send the copy of Mary Daly's book to Audre Lorde in order to review it?

3. Instead of World War II, what do the Russians call this war, according to the findings of Audre Lorde?

4. Audre Lorde sees ____________ as a group that is very visible as 'different' but also invisible as second class citizens.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between pornography and erotic, according to Audre Lorde in this chapter?

2. What is the complaint that Helen tells Audre Lorde about the Russian working class, although Lorde disagrees?

3. What are some of the regrets that Audre Lorde sees in her own life as she admits in her speech?

4. To what does Audre Lorde attribute the intense distrust between black women in her society?

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

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

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

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

9. What happens to old ideas when they are presented within the context of poetry, according to Audre Lorde?

10. What does Staples' article seem to think of black women, according to the way Audre Lorde interprets it?

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