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

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

3. What is NOT one of the ills of life which poetry serves to cure, acting as an antidote to these ills, according to Audre Lorde?
(a) Institutional dehumanization.
(b) Linear power.
(c) Environmental destruction.
(d) Unhealthy focus on profit.

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

5. Audre Lorde says the illusion of __________ between groups is imposed on the oppressed individual by society.
(a) Boredom.
(b) Separation.
(c) Weakness.
(d) Conflict.

Short Answer Questions

1. Audre Lorde begins to believe that important issues are better to be ___________ than to go unexpressed in the world.

2. What caused Audre Lorde to examine herself more closely, as she reveals in her talk on the panel?

3. Instead of World War II, what do the Russians call this war, according to the findings of Audre Lorde?

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

5. Audre Lorde believes there are no new _________ still waiting in the wings to save us as women, as humans.

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