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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. To what city does Audre Lorde compare the atmosphere and the weather of Moscow?

2. In dreams that Audre Lorde has after her trip to Russia, she begins to believe that Russia became a mythic representation of that ___________ does not yet exist anywhere she has been.

3. Audre Lorde believes there are no new _________ still waiting in the wings to save us as women, as humans.

4. The dismissal of the black feminist point of view leads Audre Lorde to threaten _________ between or or separation.

5. Audre Lorde defines the erotic as both spiritual and ___________ and as a source of power in the world.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the significant event which occurred just a little while after the letter of this section was written?

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

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

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

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

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

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 challenges the way that Daly presents her arguments about women and radical feminism.

Part 1: Why do you think that Lorde seeks to criticize Daly rather than to celebrate the strengths of the book?

Part 2: Do you think the Lorde is being unnecessarily critical of Daly's work?

Part 3: How do you think Lorde could have opened up a dialogue with Daly, rather than to simply write a letter of challenge?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Lorde says that one oppression does not justify the other, even though she feels society is saying this.

Part 1: How does oppression impact the way a society works?

Part 2: Do you think that oppression is rampant in society today?

Part 3: Why do you think that oppression is a concern for Lorde during the time of her writing?

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