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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. A women interviews Audre Lorde because the writer is doing a story about ___________.
(a) Black lesbians.
(b) Women writers.
(c) American blacks.
(d) Negro policy.

2. Who greets Audre Lorde at the airport when she travels to Tashket, a city which reminds her of Ghana?
(a) Her publisher.
(b) Adrienne Rich.
(c) A priest.
(d) Children.

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

4. What is the name of the translator that Audre Lorde brings along with her in her travels in Russia?
(a) Athena.
(b) Margot.
(c) Helen.
(d) Juliet.

5. Instead of World War II, what do the Russians call this war, according to the findings of Audre Lorde?
(a) The Good War.
(b) The World War III.
(c) The Bad War.
(d) Great Patriotic War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Audre Lorde sees the Soviet Union as placing its___________ at the core of its programs, at least officially.

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

3. To what city does Audre Lorde compare the atmosphere and the weather of Moscow?

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

5. Hopes and __________ are transformed into language through poetry, which then can lead to action.

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