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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the translator that Audre Lorde brings along with her in her travels in Russia?

3. Women are not to ignore the power of the erotic in the service of ________, when this power can be psychically milked from them.

4. The acceptance of one's feelings can lead to _____________, thus poetry can help those who are or who feel oppressed.

5. Audre Lorde meets a women with whom she identifies strongly, at the ___________ Collective.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to hopes and to dreams when they are put into language in poetry, according to Audre Lorde?

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

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

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

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

6. Why did Audre Lorde make the trip to Russia as she describes it at the start of the book?

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

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

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

10. Why does Audre Lorde include the example of Patricia Cowan's murder in her essay response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lorde used to teach a class of white students about racism, but then realized she wanted to teach black students again.

Part 1: Why do you think that Lorde wanted to teach black students again?

Part 2: How do you think the white students benefited from having a black teacher?

Part 3: Do you think it's better to have a white or a black teacher teaching a class on racism? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Lorde's breast tumor surgery causes her to look more closely at herself and her work.

Part 1: Do you think the medical surgeries cause self-reflection?

Part 2: Why do you think the the breast surgery had an impact on Lorde?

Part 3: How do you think you might change if you were to have a difficult or a dangerous surgery?

Essay Topic 3

Lorde is focused on seeing the number of black people at the conference in Russia with her, as well as in the cities that she traverses.

Part 1: Why do you think Lorde is so focused on finding others of her race?

Part 2: Do you think that it's racist to focus only on your own race?

Part 3: How do you think Lorde's experience could be shifted by taking the emphasis off of race?

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