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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. Even if Audre Lorde was punished or misunderstood for _________, she notes that she regrets only those times when she was silent.
(a) Singing.
(b) Crying.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Writing.

2. The acceptance of one's feelings can lead to _____________, thus poetry can help those who are or who feel oppressed.
(a) Empowerment.
(b) Community.
(c) Results.
(d) Honor.

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

4. In dreams that Audre Lorde has after her trip to Russia, she begins to believe that Russia became a mythic representation of that ___________ does not yet exist anywhere she has been.
(a) Socialism.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Truth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Audre Lorde characterizes the people in Uzbekistan as being __________ as she moves through the countryside.

2. Poetry is equivalent to _________ rather than to thinking, according to Audre Lorde, and is more essential than thesis-based writing.

3. Audre Lorde challenges the people at the panel to look at their lives as she looked at her possible _______________.

4. Poetry is the essence of _______________, according to the feelings of Audre Lorde.

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

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