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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Audre Lorde believes that poetry is able to express ____________ , which are then a direct link back to the ancient society.
(a) Love qualities.
(b) Questions.
(c) Feelings.
(d) Truths.

2. Audre Lorde sees ____________ as a group that is very visible as 'different' but also invisible as second class citizens.
(a) White women.
(b) Black women.
(c) Black children.
(d) Women.

3. Audre Lorde points out that productivity in Russia is measured by ___________ and not by money as it is in other areas.
(a) Food.
(b) Power.
(c) Cleanliness.
(d) Community.

4. A women interviews Audre Lorde because the writer is doing a story about ___________.
(a) Black lesbians.
(b) American blacks.
(c) Women writers.
(d) Negro policy.

5. __________ is necessary to the female condition, according to Audre Lorde, in this section of the book.
(a) Life.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Power.
(d) Masculinity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Audre Lorde sees poetry as the formation of ______________, rather than helping to express what's already there.

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

3. Audre Lorde asks the audience what __________ they might be enduring in silence rather than speaking against them.

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

5. Who greets Audre Lorde at the airport when she travels to Tashket, a city which reminds her of Ghana?

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