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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When emotional concerns are ignored, the erotic becomes a simple unpleasant _______________, which takes the passion away.
(a) Act.
(b) Object.
(c) Necessity.
(d) Picture.

3. Women are frequently taught that the erotic is only of use within the realm of __________.
(a) Pregnancy.
(b) Power battles.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Sex.

4. What is the name of the translator that Audre Lorde brings along with her in her travels in Russia?
(a) Juliet.
(b) Athena.
(c) Helen.
(d) Margot.

5. Audre Lorde sees poetry as the formation of ______________, rather than helping to express what's already there.
(a) Ideas.
(b) Progress.
(c) Truths.
(d) Femininity.

Short Answer Questions

1. A women interviews Audre Lorde because the writer is doing a story about ___________.

2. __________ allows injustices to go unheard and fears to remain powerful, according to Audre Lorde in her talk.

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. Black __________ are even more threatening, according to Audre Lorde, since they do not fit into a _____________.

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

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