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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. Hopes and __________ are transformed into language through poetry, which then can lead to action.
(a) Aspirations.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Loves.
(d) Thrills.

2. Audre Lorde sees the Soviet Union as placing its___________ at the core of its programs, at least officially.
(a) Natural resources.
(b) Talents.
(c) Pride.
(d) People.

3. This section encompasses a talk which Audre Lorde gave during a "Lesbian and _________ Panel" in 1977.
(a) Poetry.
(b) Literature.
(c) Movement.
(d) Ethics.

4. Audre Lorde believes that poetry is more necessary to the human condition than a ____________ activity.
(a) Community.
(b) Government.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Leisure.

5. Poetry is equivalent to _________ rather than to thinking, according to Audre Lorde, and is more essential than thesis-based writing.
(a) Being.
(b) Singing.
(c) Shouting.
(d) Feeling.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Audre Lorde meets a women with whom she identifies strongly, at the ___________ Collective.

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

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

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

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