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

2. What caused Audre Lorde to examine herself more closely, as she reveals in her talk on the panel?
(a) Benign breast tumor removal.
(b) Breast cancer.
(c) Her husband.
(d) A lover breakup.

3. Poetry is the essence of _______________, according to the feelings of Audre Lorde.
(a) Womanhood.
(b) Power.
(c) Maidenhood.
(d) Struggles.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Audre Lorde makes a trip to be an observer at the Union of Soviet Writers' African-Asian Writers Conference in __________.

4. Audre Lorde sees ____________ as a group that is very visible as 'different' but also invisible as second class citizens.

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

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