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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. African ________ and the Amazon women of ancient Dahoney are examples Audre Lorde cites of women-identified women.
(a) Medicine women.
(b) Co-wives.
(c) Settlers.
(d) Goddesses.

2. To what city does Audre Lorde compare the atmosphere and the weather of Moscow?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Chicago.
(c) London.
(d) New York.

3. Audre Lorde believes there are no new _________ still waiting in the wings to save us as women, as humans.
(a) Ideas.
(b) Men.
(c) Leaders.
(d) Books.

4. __________ allows injustices to go unheard and fears to remain powerful, according to Audre Lorde in her talk.
(a) Mankind.
(b) Silence.
(c) Society.
(d) Book reading.

5. Horizontal ______ can be a useful tool for those who wish to oppress a given group, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Sexism.
(b) Hostility.
(c) Homophobia.
(d) Racism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Audre Lorde begins to believe that important issues are better to be ___________ than to go unexpressed in the world.

2. One of the reasons which Audre Lorde believes leads to silence in one's life is ______________.

3. The _______ that the black men manifest toward black women would, according to Audre Lorde, be more effective as a force for greater change.

4. While erotic is about feeling, according to Audre Lorde, __________ is devoid of feeling and about sensation only.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the four forms of human blindness, according to Audre Lorde 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 are the two ways, according to Audre Lorde, in which the erotic can serve a person?

4. What does Staples' article seem to think of black women, according to the way Audre Lorde interprets it?

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

6. What does Audre Lorde says is a symptom of white male-centric thought processes?

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

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

9. What are some of the ills of modern life which Audre Lorde believes poetry can help to cure?

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

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