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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 erotic is a depth of _______________ that women in this society are encouraged to ignore, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Feeling.
(b) Truth.
(c) Commitment.
(d) Power.

2. To Audre Lorde, the power of the erotic is summed up by her own phrase, "It _____________."
(a) Feels good in my heart.
(b) Looks right to me.
(c) Feels right to my partners.
(d) Feels right to me.

3. Audre Lorde believes that poetry is more necessary to the human condition than a ____________ activity.
(a) Romantic.
(b) Government.
(c) Leisure.
(d) Community.

4. Audre Lorde makes a trip to be an observer at the Union of Soviet Writers' African-Asian Writers Conference in __________.
(a) 1956.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1979.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Audre Lorde begins to believe that important issues are better to be ___________ than to go unexpressed in the world.

2. Horizontal ______ can be a useful tool for those who wish to oppress a given group, according to Audre Lorde.

3. Audre Lorde characterizes the people in Uzbekistan as being __________ as she moves through the countryside.

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

5. To Audre Lorde, the power of the erotic has the capacity to remind Lorde of the human capacity for __________ in the world.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Audre Lorde says is a symptom of white male-centric thought processes?

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

3. What are the four forms of human blindness, according to Audre Lorde in this section?

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

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

6. What does Audre Lorde say that life experience gives to her in relation to her expression?

7. What are some of the physical observations that Audre Lorde makes about the city of Moscow?

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

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

10. What is the state of Uzbekistan's official position, with which Audre Lorde credits the area for its tolerance?

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