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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. Hopes and __________ are transformed into language through poetry, which then can lead to action.
(a) Loves.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Thrills.
(d) Aspirations.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Audre Lorde believes there are no new _________ still waiting in the wings to save us as women, as humans.

2. Who greets Audre Lorde at the airport when she travels to Tashket, a city which reminds her of Ghana?

3. Audre Lorde believes that poetry is able to express ____________ , which are then a direct link back to the ancient society.

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

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

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