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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. Black men seem to view black women as threatening if they become __________, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Powerful.
(b) Insubordinate.
(c) Weaker.
(d) Financially successful.

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

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

4. 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) New York.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Vermont.
(d) Illinois.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. A women interviews Audre Lorde because the writer is doing a story about ___________.

5. In dreams that Audre Lorde has after her trip to Russia, she begins to believe that Russia became a mythic representation of that ___________ does not yet exist anywhere she has been.

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