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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 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.

2. Expression through poetry leads to new ideas that are more easily formed on the ___________ level of poems.
(a) Ethical.
(b) Rational.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Logical.

3. Audre Lorde makes a trip to be an observer at the Union of Soviet Writers' African-Asian Writers Conference in __________.
(a) 1956.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1977.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Audre Lorde says the illusion of __________ between groups is imposed on the oppressed individual by society.

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

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

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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