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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. What is NOT one of the ills of life which poetry serves to cure, acting as an antidote to these ills, according to Audre Lorde?
(a) Unhealthy focus on profit.
(b) Institutional dehumanization.
(c) Linear power.
(d) Environmental destruction.

2. Even if Audre Lorde was punished or misunderstood for _________, she notes that she regrets only those times when she was silent.
(a) Writing.
(b) Crying.
(c) Singing.
(d) Speaking.

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

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

5. Misconceptions can lead to the fear that another group's ____________ at securing some of their freedom will take it away from other groups.
(a) Leadership.
(b) Weakness.
(c) Commitment.
(d) Success.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is NOT one of the forms of human blindness which Audre Lorde seeks to define in this section?

4. Poetry is equivalent to _________ rather than to thinking, according to Audre Lorde, and is more essential than thesis-based writing.

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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