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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 asks the audience what __________ they might be enduring in silence rather than speaking against them.
(a) Powers.
(b) Injustices.
(c) Lies.
(d) Laws.

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

3. Audre Lorde challenges the people at the panel to look at their lives as she looked at her possible _______________.
(a) Life experiences.
(b) Poems.
(c) Cancer treatment.
(d) Surgeries.

4. One of the reasons which Audre Lorde believes leads to silence in one's life is ______________.
(a) Femininity.
(b) Discrimination.
(c) Poor writing.
(d) Poor community support.

5. ____________ can create an illusion of protection from those who might wish one harm, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Poetry.
(b) Rights.
(c) Invisibility.
(d) Government power.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is only, according to Audre Lorde, the renewed __________ to try out the old ideas which are waiting around.

2. Even if Audre Lorde was punished or misunderstood for _________, she notes that she regrets only those times when she was silent.

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

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

5. Audre Lorde believes that poetry is able to express ____________ , which are then a direct link back to the ancient society.

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