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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. There is only, according to Audre Lorde, the renewed __________ to try out the old ideas which are waiting around.
(a) Inspiration.
(b) Power.
(c) Courage.
(d) Creativity.

2. Within the _________ community, according to Audre Lorde, members have learned to distrust each other.
(a) Female.
(b) Male.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

3. Audre Lorde believes that poetry is more necessary to the human condition than a ____________ activity.
(a) Leisure.
(b) Community.
(c) Government.
(d) Romantic.

4. Audre Lorde believes that poetry is able to express ____________ , which are then a direct link back to the ancient society.
(a) Feelings.
(b) Love qualities.
(c) Truths.
(d) Questions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Efik Ebibio is married to a man, but actively speaks of a ___________ relationship with another married woman.

2. ____________ can create an illusion of protection from those who might wish one harm, according to Audre Lorde.

3. The acceptance of one's feelings can lead to _____________, thus poetry can help those who are or who feel oppressed.

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

5. Audre Lorde sees that black men encourage black women to identify themselves in terms of their ___________ to their black male partners.

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