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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 characterizes the people in Uzbekistan as being __________ as she moves through the countryside.
(a) Lazy.
(b) Industrious.
(c) Dull.
(d) Helpful.

2. African ________ and the Amazon women of ancient Dahoney are examples Audre Lorde cites of women-identified women.
(a) Medicine women.
(b) Settlers.
(c) Goddesses.
(d) Co-wives.

3. Horizontal ______ can be a useful tool for those who wish to oppress a given group, according to Audre Lorde.
(a) Homophobia.
(b) Racism.
(c) Hostility.
(d) Sexism.

4. The acceptance of one's feelings can lead to _____________, thus poetry can help those who are or who feel oppressed.
(a) Honor.
(b) Results.
(c) Empowerment.
(d) Community.

5. Audre Lorde challenges the people at the panel to look at their lives as she looked at her possible _______________.
(a) Poems.
(b) Life experiences.
(c) Surgeries.
(d) Cancer treatment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Misconceptions can lead to the fear that another group's ____________ at securing some of their freedom will take it away from other groups.

2. Audre Lorde asks the audience what __________ they might be enduring in silence rather than speaking against them.

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

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

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

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