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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 sees that black men encourage black women to identify themselves in terms of their ___________ to their black male partners.

2. The erotic is dangerous as once satisfaction is experienced, it is much harder for a person _____________.

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

4. Erotic provides the ___________ of sharing an experience with another, according to Audre Lorde.

5. Black men seem to view black women as threatening if they become __________, according to Audre Lorde.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Audre Lorde believe is missing from Mary Daly's work and she begins to point this out in the letter?

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

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

7. Where did Audre Lorde give the speech "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action"?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In one essay, Lorde links the idea of outsiders being detrimental to a society which is based on profits.

Part 1: Why do you think that profits are more important than people in a society? Or do you disagree?

Part 2: How might you define the idea of an outsider? What might a person like this look like?

Part 3: Do you consider yourself to be an outsider or not? Why?

Essay Topic 2

The word 'erotic' brings up a lot of different ideas for those who hear it or who read it.

Part 1: Why do you think that 'erotic' is such an energetically charged word?

Part 2: How do you think the word 'erotic' has been misused in society and in the world?

Part 3: Do you believe that something can be erotic without being sexual in nature?

Essay Topic 3

Lorde comments that there are no new ideas waiting for humans to try them out, only old and tired ideas waiting to be explored.

Part 1: Do you believe that the world is out of new ideas? Will the world ever run out of ideas?

Part 2: What is the value of exploring old ideas in the modern times?

Part 3: Why do you think that Lorde believes that there are only old ideas right now?

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