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

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

3. Black females, according to Audre Lorde, have become a primary target for _________ whose cause is external to the black community.
(a) Fear.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Confusion.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Audre Lorde believes that poetry is able to express ____________ , which are then a direct link back to the ancient society.

3. Within the _________ community, according to Audre Lorde, members have learned to distrust each other.

4. Audre Lorde points out that productivity in Russia is measured by ___________ and not by money as it is in other areas.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happened at a New York state college, according to Audre Lorde, when talking about the barriers to women?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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