Question 1

What is the main point of disagreement between liberal and Marxist feminists?

Accepted Answer

A)  the need for political equality 
B)  the need for legal equality 
C)  a woman's role in the family 
D)  the history of female oppression 
A)  the need for political equality 
B)  the need for legal equality 
C)  a woman's role in the family 
D)  the history of female oppression

Question 2

Feminism is derived from the Latin word femustrata,which means women in power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Radical feminism is focused on the elimination of all elements of patriarchy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

John Stuart Mill wrote a book entitled ___________,in which he argued that the way women were treated was a form of ___________.

Accepted Answer

The Subjec

Question 5

The general theme of liberal feminism is equality of legal rights.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Compare and contrast any three of the following authors regarding their feminist theories: Wollstonecraft,Mill,Fourier,Marx,Engels,Friedan,Millet,Brownmiller,Firestone.

Accepted Answer

When comparing and contrasting the femin

Question 7

Betty Friedan's best-selling book,The Feminine Mystique (1963),was a famous expression of radical feminism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following statements would Robert Owen agree with?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men and women are equal by nature 
B)  Men and women are unequal by nature 
C)  Men and women are unequal because of social influences 
D)  Men and women are equal because of legal advancements 
A)  Men and women are equal by nature 
B)  Men and women are unequal by nature 
C)  Men and women are unequal because of social influences 
D)  Men and women are equal because of legal advancements

Question 9

Compare and contrast Marxist feminism and radical feminism.Identify the significant authors in these traditions.

Accepted Answer

Marxist feminism and radical feminism ar

Question 10

Define and explain the significance of patriarchy.How have women and men begun to change this paradigm of gender control?

Accepted Answer

Patriarchy is a social system in which m

Question 11

In ___________,the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (then Canada's highest court of appeal)ruled that women could be appointed to the ___________ because they were ___________.

Accepted Answer

1929; Sena

Question 12

John Stuart Mill advocated "perfect equality" for women and believed that marriage should be an equal partnership.According to Mill,what would the outcome of this be?

Accepted Answer

A)  There would always be an equal number of men and women with public careers in the public domain. 
B)  Men would become more involved in child rearing and household matters. 
C)  Men would continue to be more concerned with public life, married women with the household and private life. 
D)  Women would become more dominant in the public realm and devote themselves to work outside the home. 
A)  There would always be an equal number of men and women with public careers in the public domain. 
B)  Men would become more involved in child rearing and household matters. 
C)  Men would continue to be more concerned with public life, married women with the household and private life. 
D)  Women would become more dominant in the public realm and devote themselves to work outside the home.

Question 13

The word feminist is a synonym for woman.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Liberal feminism focuses on the extension of human rights to women.List examples of how rights have been expanded for women.

Accepted Answer

Liberal feminism has played a significan

Question 15

The central concept in radical feminism is patriarchy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Robert Owen and Shulamith Firestone have conflicting ideas about where the differences between men and women originate.What are their ideas,and how did these ideas affect their solutions to the problem of the oppression of women?

Accepted Answer

Robert Owen believed that the difference

Question 17

When did radical feminism arise?

Accepted Answer

A)  in the eighteenth century 
B)  in the nineteenth century 
C)  in the twentieth century 
D)  in the twenty-first century 
A)  in the eighteenth century 
B)  in the nineteenth century 
C)  in the twentieth century 
D)  in the twenty-first century

Question 18

Which author did NOT write that the family made women into domestic slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  J.S. Mill in his Subjection of Women (1869) 
B)  Karl Marx in his German Ideology (1845) 
C)  Friedrich Engels in his The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884) 
D)  Mary Wollstonecraft in The Vindication of the Rights of Woman 
A)  J.S. Mill in his Subjection of Women (1869) 
B)  Karl Marx in his German Ideology (1845) 
C)  Friedrich Engels in his The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884) 
D)  Mary Wollstonecraft in The Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Question 19

In Canada,women secured the right to vote in federal elections in 1867.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Mary Wollstonecraft wrote a book entitled A Vindication of the Rights of Woman,and she was the mother of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,who wrote the novel Frankenstein.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 14: Feminism

What is the main point of disagreement between liberal and Marxist feminists?

Feminism is derived from the Latin word femustrata,which means women in power.

Radical feminism is focused on the elimination of all elements of patriarchy.

John Stuart Mill wrote a book entitled ___________,in which he argued that the way women were treated was a form of ___________.

The general theme of liberal feminism is equality of legal rights.

Compare and contrast any three of the following authors regarding their feminist theories: Wollstonecraft,Mill,Fourier,Marx,Engels,Friedan,Millet,Brownmiller,Firestone.

Betty Friedan's best-selling book,The Feminine Mystique (1963),was a famous expression of radical feminism.

Which of the following statements would Robert Owen agree with?

Compare and contrast Marxist feminism and radical feminism.Identify the significant authors in these traditions.

Define and explain the significance of patriarchy.How have women and men begun to change this paradigm of gender control?

In ___________,the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (then Canada's highest court of appeal)ruled that women could be appointed to the ___________ because they were ___________.

John Stuart Mill advocated "perfect equality" for women and believed that marriage should be an equal partnership.According to Mill,what would the outcome of this be?

The word feminist is a synonym for woman.

Liberal feminism focuses on the extension of human rights to women.List examples of how rights have been expanded for women.

The central concept in radical feminism is patriarchy.

Robert Owen and Shulamith Firestone have conflicting ideas about where the differences between men and women originate.What are their ideas,and how did these ideas affect their solutions to the problem of the oppression of women?

When did radical feminism arise?

Which author did NOT write that the family made women into domestic slaves?

In Canada,women secured the right to vote in federal elections in 1867.

Mary Wollstonecraft wrote a book entitled A Vindication of the Rights of Woman,and she was the mother of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,who wrote the novel Frankenstein.

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