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

2. 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.

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

4. One of the reasons which Audre Lorde believes leads to silence in one's life is ______________.
(a) Femininity.
(b) Discrimination.
(c) Poor writing.
(d) Poor community support.

5. Audre Lorde describes a black woman who once said that ____________ would lead to the extinction of the race as a whole.
(a) Lesbianism.
(b) Facism.
(c) Homophobia.
(d) Racism.

Short Answer Questions

1. African ________ and the Amazon women of ancient Dahoney are examples Audre Lorde cites of women-identified women.

2. Expression through poetry leads to new ideas that are more easily formed on the ___________ level of poems.

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

4. What does Audre Lorde's guide complain about when it comes to the Russian working class?

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

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