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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scratching the Surface: Some Notes on Barriers to Women and Loving.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. At a _________ state college, women tried to come together to support each other, only to be met with violence and shunned by their male peers.
(a) Michigan.
(b) New York.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Vermont.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Horizontal ______ can be a useful tool for those who wish to oppress a given group, according to Audre Lorde.

2. 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?

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

4. Poetry is equivalent to _________ rather than to thinking, according to Audre Lorde, and is more essential than thesis-based writing.

5. What is the name of the translator that Audre Lorde brings along with her in her travels in Russia?

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