Question 1

What percentage of seats were won by women in the 1988 federal election?

Accepted Answer

A)  7 per cent 
B)  3 per cent 
C)  50 per cent 
D)  23 per cent 
E)  13 per cent 
A)  7 per cent 
B)  3 per cent 
C)  50 per cent 
D)  23 per cent 
E)  13 per cent

Question 2

Which of the following was a not a cause that was central to the character of the early women's movement in Canada?

Accepted Answer

A)  Child labour law reforms 
B)  Educational reform 
C)  Public service reform 
D)  Free publication of works illustrating women's lives 
E)  Temperance 
A)  Child labour law reforms 
B)  Educational reform 
C)  Public service reform 
D)  Free publication of works illustrating women's lives 
E)  Temperance

Question 3

As of 2019, how many municipal councillors were women?

Accepted Answer

A)  One in four 
B)  One in two 
C)  One in six 
D)  One in three 
E)  One in five 
A)  One in four 
B)  One in two 
C)  One in six 
D)  One in three 
E)  One in five

Question 4

What section of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms may women's rights groups turn to for legal and constitutional protection of their rights?

Accepted Answer

A)  Section 15 
B)  Section 23 
C)  Section 28 
D)  Section 35 
E)  Both A and C 
A)  Section 15 
B)  Section 23 
C)  Section 28 
D)  Section 35 
E)  Both A and C

Question 5

Nellie McClung is one of the pioneers of the Canadian women's movement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Maternal feminists accepted which of the following assumptions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men and women should be relegated to the spheres biology assigned to them. 
B)  Men are the physically superior sex. 
C)  Gender role differences are the inevitable product of biology. 
D)  Gender roles are a product of the social conditions in which people are raised. 
E)  Women had to separate themselves into a distinct society. 
A)  Men and women should be relegated to the spheres biology assigned to them. 
B)  Men are the physically superior sex. 
C)  Gender role differences are the inevitable product of biology. 
D)  Gender roles are a product of the social conditions in which people are raised. 
E)  Women had to separate themselves into a distinct society.

Question 7

What argument did John Stuart Mill make about married women?

Accepted Answer

A)  The subservient condition of a married woman would not be voluntarily chosen by many women, especially women capable of doing something else. 
B)  The subservient condition of a married woman would be voluntarily chosen by many women, especially women capable of doing something else. 
C)  The subservient condition of a married woman is mandated by the Bible and is therefore not negotiable. 
D)  The subservient condition of a married woman is happily assumed until her children are independent and married. 
E)  The subservient condition of a married woman is happily assumed. 
A)  The subservient condition of a married woman would not be voluntarily chosen by many women, especially women capable of doing something else. 
B)  The subservient condition of a married woman would be voluntarily chosen by many women, especially women capable of doing something else. 
C)  The subservient condition of a married woman is mandated by the Bible and is therefore not negotiable. 
D)  The subservient condition of a married woman is happily assumed until her children are independent and married. 
E)  The subservient condition of a married woman is happily assumed.

Question 8

Explain whether and why you think that a feminist movement, including women's organizations, is still necessary in Canada.

Accepted Answer

This is a wide-ranging question that dra

Question 9

Agnes Macphail was elected to the House of Commons for the riding of Grey Southeast in the 1921 federal election.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Who was the first woman elected to the House of Commons?

Accepted Answer

A)  Kim Campbell 
B)  Agnes Macphail 
C)  Nellie McClung 
D)  Ellen Fairclough 
E)  Cairine Wilson 
A)  Kim Campbell 
B)  Agnes Macphail 
C)  Nellie McClung 
D)  Ellen Fairclough 
E)  Cairine Wilson

Question 11

What were the expectations and the impact of the Charter on women's equality?

Accepted Answer

The Charter was expected to change all t

Question 12

What was the connection between the first wave of feminism and religious conviction?

Accepted Answer

Many of the leading individuals in the f

Question 13

Who said, "One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Simone de Beauvoir 
B)  Nellie McClung 
C)  Irene Parlby 
D)  Henrietta Muir Edwards 
E)  Emily Murphy 
A)  Simone de Beauvoir 
B)  Nellie McClung 
C)  Irene Parlby 
D)  Henrietta Muir Edwards 
E)  Emily Murphy

Question 14

In 1929 the Supreme Court of Canada addressed which question?

Accepted Answer

A)  Whether the Canadian Labour Code should be amended to permit maternity leave 
B)  Whether women had access to post-secondary education 
C)  Whether Canada's abortion law and affiliated provisions of the Canadian Criminal Code were constitutional 
D)  Whether women had the status of persons under certain laws 
E)  Whether women should be granted the franchise 
A)  Whether the Canadian Labour Code should be amended to permit maternity leave 
B)  Whether women had access to post-secondary education 
C)  Whether Canada's abortion law and affiliated provisions of the Canadian Criminal Code were constitutional 
D)  Whether women had the status of persons under certain laws 
E)  Whether women should be granted the franchise

Question 15

What are the political tactics employed by early mainstream women's groups?

Accepted Answer

The political tactics employed by mainst

Question 16

As of 2016, what percentage of the senior officers of federal Crown corporations was female?

Accepted Answer

A)  33 per cent 
B)  43 per cent 
C)  23 per cent 
D)  63 per cent 
E)  53 per cent 
A)  33 per cent 
B)  43 per cent 
C)  23 per cent 
D)  63 per cent 
E)  53 per cent

Question 17

Which of the following is not an explanation as to why second wave feminism was more effective than the early women's movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  The second wave's secular attitude was much more in keeping with the post-1950s climate. 
B)  The second wave challenged conventional views of sexuality as part of its argument. 
C)  The second wave effectively appealed to the public's conventional views, rather than protesting. 
D)  Women's participation in the labour force had increased since the first wave. 
E)  The expansion of the service economy led to a domination of service jobs by women. 
A)  The second wave's secular attitude was much more in keeping with the post-1950s climate. 
B)  The second wave challenged conventional views of sexuality as part of its argument. 
C)  The second wave effectively appealed to the public's conventional views, rather than protesting. 
D)  Women's participation in the labour force had increased since the first wave. 
E)  The expansion of the service economy led to a domination of service jobs by women.

Question 18

Early suffragists steered clear of organizations promoting such causes as temperance, educational reform, child labour laws, and public service reform.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What year did women in Manitoba gain the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

A)  1896 
B)  1949 
C)  1916 
D)  1930 
E)  1870 
A)  1896 
B)  1949 
C)  1916 
D)  1930 
E)  1870

Question 20

As of 2019, how many federal and provincial parliamentarians and legislators were women?

Accepted Answer

A)  One in three 
B)  One in two 
C)  One in four 
D)  One in five 
E)  One in six 
A)  One in three 
B)  One in two 
C)  One in four 
D)  One in five 
E)  One in six

What percentage of seats were won by women in the 1988 federal election?

Which of the following was a not a cause that was central to the character of the early women's movement in Canada?

As of 2019, how many municipal councillors were women?

What section of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms may women's rights groups turn to for legal and constitutional protection of their rights?

Nellie McClung is one of the pioneers of the Canadian women's movement.

Maternal feminists accepted which of the following assumptions?

What argument did John Stuart Mill make about married women?

Explain whether and why you think that a feminist movement, including women's organizations, is still necessary in Canada.

Agnes Macphail was elected to the House of Commons for the riding of Grey Southeast in the 1921 federal election.

Who was the first woman elected to the House of Commons?

What were the expectations and the impact of the Charter on women's equality?

What was the connection between the first wave of feminism and religious conviction?

Who said, "One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman"?

In 1929 the Supreme Court of Canada addressed which question?

What are the political tactics employed by early mainstream women's groups?

As of 2016, what percentage of the senior officers of federal Crown corporations was female?

Which of the following is not an explanation as to why second wave feminism was more effective than the early women's movement?

Early suffragists steered clear of organizations promoting such causes as temperance, educational reform, child labour laws, and public service reform.

What year did women in Manitoba gain the right to vote?

As of 2019, how many federal and provincial parliamentarians and legislators were women?

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What percentage of seats were won by women in the 1988 federal election?

Which of the following was a not a cause that was central to the character of the early women's movement in Canada?

As of 2019, how many municipal councillors were women?

What section of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms may women's rights groups turn to for legal and constitutional protection of their rights?

Nellie McClung is one of the pioneers of the Canadian women's movement.

Maternal feminists accepted which of the following assumptions?

What argument did John Stuart Mill make about married women?

Explain whether and why you think that a feminist movement, including women's organizations, is still necessary in Canada.

Agnes Macphail was elected to the House of Commons for the riding of Grey Southeast in the 1921 federal election.

Who was the first woman elected to the House of Commons?

What were the expectations and the impact of the Charter on women's equality?

What was the connection between the first wave of feminism and religious conviction?

Who said, "One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman"?

In 1929 the Supreme Court of Canada addressed which question?

What are the political tactics employed by early mainstream women's groups?

As of 2016, what percentage of the senior officers of federal Crown corporations was female?

Which of the following is not an explanation as to why second wave feminism was more effective than the early women's movement?

Early suffragists steered clear of organizations promoting such causes as temperance, educational reform, child labour laws, and public service reform.

What year did women in Manitoba gain the right to vote?

As of 2019, how many federal and provincial parliamentarians and legislators were women?

Political Culture

The Social and Economic Setting

Diversity and Multiculturalism

Regionalism and Canadian Politics

The Constitution

Rights and Freedoms

Federalism

The Machinery of Government

The Administrative State

Parties and Elections

Interest Groups

The Media

Language Politics

Indigenous Politics

Canada in the World

Filters