Question 1

Reading "Cardi B: Love & Hip Hop's Unlikely Feminist Hero" Sherri Williams
-In "Cardi B," Sherri Williams argues that Cardi B's feminism is worth supporting because

Accepted Answer

A)  Bodak Yellow is an amazing song 
B)  Cardi B is authentic and true to herself 
C)  Cardi B doesn't strip anymore 
D)  Love & Hip Hop was a hit show 
A)  Bodak Yellow is an amazing song 
B)  Cardi B is authentic and true to herself 
C)  Cardi B doesn't strip anymore 
D)  Love & Hip Hop was a hit show

Question 2

Reading "A Corporation in Feminist Clothing?: Young Women Discuss the Dove 'Real Beauty' Campaign" Judith Taylor, Josee Johnston, Krista Whitehead
-The authors of "A Corporation in Feminist Clothing?" note that focus group participants felt that the "Real Beauty" campaign didn't authentically engage with feminist ideas because the campaign

Accepted Answer

A)  Reinforced the concept that beauty is compulsory for women 
B)  Featured women in their underwear 
C)  Encouraged gender nonconformity 
D)  Featured dark-skinned models in hijab 
A)  Reinforced the concept that beauty is compulsory for women 
B)  Featured women in their underwear 
C)  Encouraged gender nonconformity 
D)  Featured dark-skinned models in hijab

Question 3

Reading "The Wife" Emily Dickinson
-In "The Wife," Emily Dickinson writes in the first stanza that the woman in her poem,
"…dropped/
The playthings of her life to take the honorable work/
Of woman and wife."
These lines can be interpreted to mean which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  A woman's interests outside of marriage are considered unimportant 
B)  A woman's interests outside or marriage are considered to be very important 
C)  Sometimes women drop their marital responsibilities to follow their dreams 
D)  Sometimes men drop their wives when they carry them over the threshold after the wedding 
A)  A woman's interests outside of marriage are considered unimportant 
B)  A woman's interests outside or marriage are considered to be very important 
C)  Sometimes women drop their marital responsibilities to follow their dreams 
D)  Sometimes men drop their wives when they carry them over the threshold after the wedding

Question 4

Reading "The Sexual Politics of Veggies: Beyoncé's 'Commodity Veg*ism'" Ella Fegitz and Daniela Pirani
-"Post-feminism" is a celebration of political engagement against gender inequality (Ella Fegitz and Daniela Pirani/"The Sexual Politics of Veggies").

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Currently approximately what percentage of internet traffic is pornography?

Accepted Answer

A)  23 
B)  18 
C)  15 
D)  8 
A)  23 
B)  18 
C)  15 
D)  8

Question 6

The male gaze can be defined as the process of men looking at pornography.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Reading "Tweeting Back While Shouting Back: Social Media and Feminist Activism" Emma Turley and Jenny Fisher
-#EverydaySexism is a hashtag that Laura Bates created to allow women to

Accepted Answer

A)  Show that sexism doesn't exist in the 21st century 
B)  Name micro and macro sexist incidents from their daily lives 
C)  Commit libel against individual men by lying about them in public 
D)  Both (a) and (b) 
E)  Both (b) and (c)
F) All of the above
G) None of the above 
A)  Show that sexism doesn't exist in the 21st century 
B)  Name micro and macro sexist incidents from their daily lives 
C)  Commit libel against individual men by lying about them in public 
D)  Both (a) and (b) 
E)  Both (b) and (c)
F) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 8

Cloud computing merges business with social networking concepts by developing interactive communities that connect individuals based on shared business needs or experiences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Reading "The Wife" Emily Dickinson
-In "The Wife," Emily Dickinson critiques the institution of marriage because it stifles women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Toni Morrison received the Nobel Prize for literature.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Reading "A Corporation in Feminist Clothing?: Young Women Discuss the Dove 'Real Beauty' Campaign" Judith Taylor, Josee Johnston, Krista Whitehead
-The authors of "A Corporation in Feminist Clothing?" note that focus group participants were wary of the idea that corporations can promote feminist agendas because of their concerns that

Accepted Answer

A)  Corporations don't employ academic feminists 
B)  Corporations don't give money and support to causes without strings attached 
C)  Corporations are ultimately more invested in making money than enacting social change 
D)  Corporations will strive to decenter consumerism 
A)  Corporations don't employ academic feminists 
B)  Corporations don't give money and support to causes without strings attached 
C)  Corporations are ultimately more invested in making money than enacting social change 
D)  Corporations will strive to decenter consumerism

Question 12

Which of the following is the activist media literacy project discussed in Chapter 5?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fostering Activism and Alternatives Now! (FAAN) 
B)  Freedom from Media Oppression! (FFMO) 
C)  Women United for Media Transformation! (WUMT) 
D)  Women Against Media Garbage! (WAMG) 
A)  Fostering Activism and Alternatives Now! (FAAN) 
B)  Freedom from Media Oppression! (FFMO) 
C)  Women United for Media Transformation! (WUMT) 
D)  Women Against Media Garbage! (WAMG)

Question 13

The "status quo" involves

Accepted Answer

A)  Established patterns of power 
B)  Systems of inequality that enforce "isms" 
C)  Political power groups 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Established patterns of power 
B)  Systems of inequality that enforce "isms" 
C)  Political power groups 
D)  All of the above

Question 14

Reading "Poetry is Not a Luxury" Audre Lorde
-According to Audre Lorde in "Poetry Is Not a Luxury," poetry is not only dream and vision but also

Accepted Answer

A)  The structure of the ways our lives are built 
B)  The bridge for our emotions 
C)  The foundation for transformation 
D)  All of the above 
A)  The structure of the ways our lives are built 
B)  The bridge for our emotions 
C)  The foundation for transformation 
D)  All of the above

Question 15

Big Hollywood studio films usually reflect the cultural norm because

Accepted Answer

A)  Only normal people go to the movies 
B)  The people who control the budgets for Hollywood films generally have a narrow world view 
C)  Viewers won't pay to see feminist films 
D)  Most contemporary filmmakers don't want to highlight different perspectives 
A)  Only normal people go to the movies 
B)  The people who control the budgets for Hollywood films generally have a narrow world view 
C)  Viewers won't pay to see feminist films 
D)  Most contemporary filmmakers don't want to highlight different perspectives

Question 16

Reading "The Wife" Emily Dickinson
-In "The Wife," Emily Dickinson writes in the third stanza,
"…as the sea/
Develops pearl and weed/
But only to himself is known/
The fathoms they abide."
These lines can be interpreted to mean which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women who are bad housekeepers are like weeds 
B)  Women who are good housekeepers are like pearls 
C)  Women don't share their dreams and aspirations with anyone 
D)  Women should share their dreams and aspirations with their husbands 
A)  Women who are bad housekeepers are like weeds 
B)  Women who are good housekeepers are like pearls 
C)  Women don't share their dreams and aspirations with anyone 
D)  Women should share their dreams and aspirations with their husbands

Question 17

Chapter 5 explains that women's magazines involve a genre that can be divided into certain types. Which of the following types are included in this genre?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fashion 
B)  Domesticity 
C)  Issue periodicals 
D)  Both (a) and (b) 
E)  Both (b) and (c)
F) All of the above
G) None of the above 
A)  Fashion 
B)  Domesticity 
C)  Issue periodicals 
D)  Both (a) and (b) 
E)  Both (b) and (c)
F) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 18

Reading "Thinking about Shakespeare's Sister" Virginia Woolf
-In Virginia Woolf's "Thinking about Shakespeare's Sister," Shakespeare's imaginary sister came to a bad end and was buried specifically near where?

Accepted Answer

A)  Paddington 
B)  Trafalgar Square 
C)  Westminster Abbey 
D)  The Elephant and Castle 
A)  Paddington 
B)  Trafalgar Square 
C)  Westminster Abbey 
D)  The Elephant and Castle

Question 19

Mobile phone technologies appear to encourage more prosocial and empathic behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Reading "A Corporation in Feminist Clothing?: Young Women Discuss the Dove 'Real Beauty' Campaign" Judith Taylor, Josee Johnston, Krista Whitehead
-Feminist consumerism is a corporate strategy that uses feminist messages of empowerment to market products ("A Corporation in Feminist Clothing?").

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Reading "Cardi B: Love & Hip Hop's Unlikely Feminist Hero" Sherri Williams -In "Cardi B," Sherri Williams argues that Cardi B's feminism is worth supporting because

Reading "The Wife" Emily Dickinson -In "The Wife," Emily Dickinson writes in the first stanza that the woman in her poem, "…dropped/ The playthings of her life to take the honorable work/ Of woman and wife." These lines can be interpreted to mean which of the following?

Reading "The Sexual Politics of Veggies: Beyoncé's 'Commodity Veg*ism'" Ella Fegitz and Daniela Pirani -"Post-feminism" is a celebration of political engagement against gender inequality (Ella Fegitz and Daniela Pirani/"The Sexual Politics of Veggies").

Currently approximately what percentage of internet traffic is pornography?

The male gaze can be defined as the process of men looking at pornography.

Reading "Tweeting Back While Shouting Back: Social Media and Feminist Activism" Emma Turley and Jenny Fisher -#EverydaySexism is a hashtag that Laura Bates created to allow women to

Cloud computing merges business with social networking concepts by developing interactive communities that connect individuals based on shared business needs or experiences.

Reading "The Wife" Emily Dickinson -In "The Wife," Emily Dickinson critiques the institution of marriage because it stifles women.

Toni Morrison received the Nobel Prize for literature.

Which of the following is the activist media literacy project discussed in Chapter 5?

The "status quo" involves

Reading "Poetry is Not a Luxury" Audre Lorde -According to Audre Lorde in "Poetry Is Not a Luxury," poetry is not only dream and vision but also

Big Hollywood studio films usually reflect the cultural norm because

Reading "The Wife" Emily Dickinson -In "The Wife," Emily Dickinson writes in the third stanza, "…as the sea/ Develops pearl and weed/ But only to himself is known/ The fathoms they abide." These lines can be interpreted to mean which of the following?

Chapter 5 explains that women's magazines involve a genre that can be divided into certain types. Which of the following types are included in this genre?

Reading "Thinking about Shakespeare's Sister" Virginia Woolf -In Virginia Woolf's "Thinking about Shakespeare's Sister," Shakespeare's imaginary sister came to a bad end and was buried specifically near where?

Mobile phone technologies appear to encourage more prosocial and empathic behavior.

Reading "A Corporation in Feminist Clothing?: Young Women Discuss the Dove 'Real Beauty' Campaign" Judith Taylor, Josee Johnston, Krista Whitehead -Feminist consumerism is a corporate strategy that uses feminist messages of empowerment to market products ("A Corporation in Feminist Clothing?").

Womens and Gender Studies: Perspectives and Practices

Systems of Privilege and Inequality

Learning Gender

Inscribing Gender on the Body

Sex, Power, and Intimacy

Health and Reproductive Justice

Family Systems, Family Lives

Work Inside and Outside the Home

Resisting Gender Violence

State, Law, and Social Policy

Religion and Spirituality

Activism, Change, and Feminist Futures

Filters

Exam 5: Media and Culture

Reading "Cardi B: Love & Hip Hop's Unlikely Feminist Hero" Sherri Williams -In "Cardi B," Sherri Williams argues that Cardi B's feminism is worth supporting because

Reading "The Wife" Emily Dickinson -In "The Wife," Emily Dickinson writes in the first stanza that the woman in her poem, "…dropped/ The playthings of her life to take the honorable work/ Of woman and wife." These lines can be interpreted to mean which of the following?

Reading "The Sexual Politics of Veggies: Beyoncé's 'Commodity Veg*ism'" Ella Fegitz and Daniela Pirani -"Post-feminism" is a celebration of political engagement against gender inequality (Ella Fegitz and Daniela Pirani/"The Sexual Politics of Veggies").

Currently approximately what percentage of internet traffic is pornography?

The male gaze can be defined as the process of men looking at pornography.

Reading "Tweeting Back While Shouting Back: Social Media and Feminist Activism" Emma Turley and Jenny Fisher -#EverydaySexism is a hashtag that Laura Bates created to allow women to

Cloud computing merges business with social networking concepts by developing interactive communities that connect individuals based on shared business needs or experiences.

Reading "The Wife" Emily Dickinson -In "The Wife," Emily Dickinson critiques the institution of marriage because it stifles women.

Toni Morrison received the Nobel Prize for literature.

Which of the following is the activist media literacy project discussed in Chapter 5?

The "status quo" involves

Reading "Poetry is Not a Luxury" Audre Lorde -According to Audre Lorde in "Poetry Is Not a Luxury," poetry is not only dream and vision but also

Big Hollywood studio films usually reflect the cultural norm because

Reading "The Wife" Emily Dickinson -In "The Wife," Emily Dickinson writes in the third stanza, "…as the sea/ Develops pearl and weed/ But only to himself is known/ The fathoms they abide." These lines can be interpreted to mean which of the following?

Chapter 5 explains that women's magazines involve a genre that can be divided into certain types. Which of the following types are included in this genre?

Reading "Thinking about Shakespeare's Sister" Virginia Woolf -In Virginia Woolf's "Thinking about Shakespeare's Sister," Shakespeare's imaginary sister came to a bad end and was buried specifically near where?

Mobile phone technologies appear to encourage more prosocial and empathic behavior.

Reading "A Corporation in Feminist Clothing?: Young Women Discuss the Dove 'Real Beauty' Campaign" Judith Taylor, Josee Johnston, Krista Whitehead -Feminist consumerism is a corporate strategy that uses feminist messages of empowerment to market products ("A Corporation in Feminist Clothing?").

Womens and Gender Studies: Perspectives and Practices

Systems of Privilege and Inequality

Learning Gender

Inscribing Gender on the Body

Sex, Power, and Intimacy

Health and Reproductive Justice

Family Systems, Family Lives

Work Inside and Outside the Home

Resisting Gender Violence

State, Law, and Social Policy

Religion and Spirituality

Activism, Change, and Feminist Futures

Filters