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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. Audre Lorde sees the Soviet Union as placing its___________ at the core of its programs, at least officially.
(a) People.
(b) Talents.
(c) Natural resources.
(d) Pride.

2. Whose murder does Audre Lorde bring up in order to show the senselessness of misdirection?
(a) Constance Stamos.
(b) Adrienne Rich.
(c) Judy Barry.
(d) Patricia Cowan.

3. The erotic is a depth of _______________ that women in this society are encouraged to ignore, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Commitment.
(b) Feeling.
(c) Truth.
(d) Power.

4. The dismissal of other points of view, according to Audre Lorde, act as barriers to _____________ as other forms of racism do too.
(a) Power.
(b) Truth.
(c) Peace.
(d) Understanding.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. This section encompasses a talk which Audre Lorde gave during a "Lesbian and _________ Panel" in 1977.

2. Audre Lorde describes a black woman who once said that ____________ would lead to the extinction of the race as a whole.

3. Audre Lorde accuses Daly of simply browsing the works of black women for __________, rather than actually reading them.

4. The title of the article to which Audre Lorde decides to respond is, "The Myth of ___________: A Response to Angry Black Feminists."

5. Audre Lorde accuses the author of the article of attacking the black feminists under the guise of trying to __________ with them.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the difference between pornography and erotic, according to Audre Lorde in this chapter?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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