Question 1

The term "queer" has included different meanings, including

Accepted Answer

A)  Odd 
B)  Sexually dissident 
C)  Normal 
D)  Heteronormative 
E)  Both (a) and (b)
F) Both (c) and (d)
G) All of the above
H) None of the above 
A)  Odd 
B)  Sexually dissident 
C)  Normal 
D)  Heteronormative 
E)  Both (a) and (b)
F) Both (c) and (d)
G) All of the above
H) None of the above

Question 2

Reading "Poems with Disabilities" Jim Ferris
-In "Poems with Disabilities," Jim Ferris argues that society views disabled people as abnormal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Reading "Poems with Disabilities" Jim Ferris
-In "Poems with Disabilities," Jim Ferris argues that parking is easier for people categorized as disabled.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Reading "Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection" Patricia Hill Collins
-In "Toward a New Vision," Patricia Hill Collins compares the university to a plantation in order to

Accepted Answer

A)  Make readers feel guilty 
B)  Provide a contemporary example of institutional privilege 
C)  Show the relationship between gender, race, and class 
D)  Both (a) and (b) 
E)  Both (b) and (c)
F) All of the above
G) None of the above 
A)  Make readers feel guilty 
B)  Provide a contemporary example of institutional privilege 
C)  Show the relationship between gender, race, and class 
D)  Both (a) and (b) 
E)  Both (b) and (c)
F) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 5

Reading "Disability and Social Justice" Teodor Mladenov
-Embracing a transnational perspective can be transformative for disability studies because it acknowledges that

Accepted Answer

A)  Capitalist consumption in the Global North negatively impacts the physical bodies of people in the global South 
B)  There are people with disabilities all over the world 
C)  Nancy Fraser's argument was a good one 
D)  Working conditions should be improved all over the world 
A)  Capitalist consumption in the Global North negatively impacts the physical bodies of people in the global South 
B)  There are people with disabilities all over the world 
C)  Nancy Fraser's argument was a good one 
D)  Working conditions should be improved all over the world

Question 6

Reading "Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection" Patricia Hill Collins
-In "Toward a New Vision," Patricia Hill Collins emphasizes the importance of "both/and" thinking when considering issues of privilege and oppression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Reading 10 "There is No Hierarchy of Oppression" Audre Lorde
-In her essay "There is No Hierarchy of Oppression," Audre Lorde makes which of the following arguments?

Accepted Answer

A)  Racial oppression is the foundation for all other oppressions 
B)  Oppression of one group threatens the members of all groups 
C)  We are only responsible for protecting those who are normal 
D)  Both (a) and (b) 
E)  Both (b) and (c)
F) All of the above
G) None of the above 
A)  Racial oppression is the foundation for all other oppressions 
B)  Oppression of one group threatens the members of all groups 
C)  We are only responsible for protecting those who are normal 
D)  Both (a) and (b) 
E)  Both (b) and (c)
F) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 8

Reading "What Determines How Americans Perceive Their Social Class?" Robert Bird and Frank Newport
-In "What Determines How Americans Perceive Their Social Class?," Robert Bird and Frank Newport argue that which of the following factors determine the way people describe their social class?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gender and marital status 
B)  Sexual orientation and pet ownership 
C)  Education and age 
D)  Political affiliation and criminal record 
A)  Gender and marital status 
B)  Sexual orientation and pet ownership 
C)  Education and age 
D)  Political affiliation and criminal record

Question 9

Reading "Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person" Gina Crosley-Corcoran
-Gina Crosley-Corcoran ("Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person") argues that white privilege

Accepted Answer

A)  Should not be confused with class privilege 
B)  Should make white people feel guilty 
C)  Protects white people from all other oppressions 
D)  Does not relate intersectionality 
A)  Should not be confused with class privilege 
B)  Should make white people feel guilty 
C)  Protects white people from all other oppressions 
D)  Does not relate intersectionality

Question 10

Reading "Cisgender Privilege" Evin Taylor
-Evin Taylor ("Cisgender Privilege") focuses on the intersections of gender and race.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Reading "Cisgender Privilege" Evin Taylor
-Evin Taylor's ("Cisgender Privilege") list of 50 privileges of cisgender people shows the following:

Accepted Answer

A)  Cisgender privilege is more significant than white privilege 
B)  People who are gender nonconforming have a difficult time accessing health care 
C)  Cisgender people take many privileges for granted 
D)  Both (a) and (b) 
E)  Both (b) and (c)
F) All of the above
G) None of the above 
A)  Cisgender privilege is more significant than white privilege 
B)  People who are gender nonconforming have a difficult time accessing health care 
C)  Cisgender people take many privileges for granted 
D)  Both (a) and (b) 
E)  Both (b) and (c)
F) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 12

Sexual terrorism is the threat of rape and sexual assault that controls primarily lesbians' lives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The United Nations recognizes crimes against women as hate crimes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Reading "Cisgender Privilege" Evin Taylor
-Evin Taylor ("Cisgender Privilege") uses the "invisible knapsack" model of Peggy McIntosh in this reading.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Reading "Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection" Patricia Hill Collins
-In "Toward a New Vision," Patricia Hill Collins makes three suggestions for overcoming barriers of inequality and privilege. Which of her suggestions are included below?

Accepted Answer

A)  Creating coalitions around common causes 
B)  Socializing women to succeed in the public world 
C)  Building empathy 
D)  Both (a) and (b) 
E)  Both (a) and (c)
F) All of the above
G) None of the above 
A)  Creating coalitions around common causes 
B)  Socializing women to succeed in the public world 
C)  Building empathy 
D)  Both (a) and (b) 
E)  Both (a) and (c)
F) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 16

Reading "What Determines How Americans Perceive Their Social Class?" Robert Bird and Frank Newport
-Robert Bird and Frank Newport ("What Determines How Americans Perceive Their Social Class?") argue that U.S. social classes are made up of well-defined, well-understood categories.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Reading "Don't Laugh, It's Serious She Says" Ellie Mamber
-The woman in the poem "Don't Laugh, It's Serious She Says" hopes to attract men so that she can reject them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Reading "Intersectionality" Vivian M. May
-Vivian M. May ("Intersectionality") makes the case for the confluence of multiple forms of oppression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The fear and dislike of lesbians and gay men is the working definition of which term?

Accepted Answer

A)  Misogyny 
B)  Homophobia 
C)  Homoeroticism 
D)  Gynophobia 
A)  Misogyny 
B)  Homophobia 
C)  Homoeroticism 
D)  Gynophobia

Question 20

Reading "What Determines How Americans Perceive Their Social Class?" Robert Bird and Frank Newport
-Robert Bird and Frank Newport ("What Determines How Americans Perceive Their Social Class?") note that a person's gender affects the way they describe their social class.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

The term "queer" has included different meanings, including

Reading "Poems with Disabilities" Jim Ferris -In "Poems with Disabilities," Jim Ferris argues that society views disabled people as abnormal.

Reading "Poems with Disabilities" Jim Ferris -In "Poems with Disabilities," Jim Ferris argues that parking is easier for people categorized as disabled.

Reading "Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection" Patricia Hill Collins -In "Toward a New Vision," Patricia Hill Collins compares the university to a plantation in order to

Reading "Disability and Social Justice" Teodor Mladenov -Embracing a transnational perspective can be transformative for disability studies because it acknowledges that

Reading "Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection" Patricia Hill Collins -In "Toward a New Vision," Patricia Hill Collins emphasizes the importance of "both/and" thinking when considering issues of privilege and oppression.

Reading 10 "There is No Hierarchy of Oppression" Audre Lorde -In her essay "There is No Hierarchy of Oppression," Audre Lorde makes which of the following arguments?

Reading "What Determines How Americans Perceive Their Social Class?" Robert Bird and Frank Newport -In "What Determines How Americans Perceive Their Social Class?," Robert Bird and Frank Newport argue that which of the following factors determine the way people describe their social class?

Reading "Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person" Gina Crosley-Corcoran -Gina Crosley-Corcoran ("Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person") argues that white privilege

Reading "Cisgender Privilege" Evin Taylor -Evin Taylor ("Cisgender Privilege") focuses on the intersections of gender and race.

Reading "Cisgender Privilege" Evin Taylor -Evin Taylor's ("Cisgender Privilege") list of 50 privileges of cisgender people shows the following:

Sexual terrorism is the threat of rape and sexual assault that controls primarily lesbians' lives.

The United Nations recognizes crimes against women as hate crimes.

Reading "Cisgender Privilege" Evin Taylor -Evin Taylor ("Cisgender Privilege") uses the "invisible knapsack" model of Peggy McIntosh in this reading.

Reading "Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection" Patricia Hill Collins -In "Toward a New Vision," Patricia Hill Collins makes three suggestions for overcoming barriers of inequality and privilege. Which of her suggestions are included below?

Reading "What Determines How Americans Perceive Their Social Class?" Robert Bird and Frank Newport -Robert Bird and Frank Newport ("What Determines How Americans Perceive Their Social Class?") argue that U.S. social classes are made up of well-defined, well-understood categories.

Reading "Don't Laugh, It's Serious She Says" Ellie Mamber -The woman in the poem "Don't Laugh, It's Serious She Says" hopes to attract men so that she can reject them.

Reading "Intersectionality" Vivian M. May -Vivian M. May ("Intersectionality") makes the case for the confluence of multiple forms of oppression.

The fear and dislike of lesbians and gay men is the working definition of which term?

Reading "What Determines How Americans Perceive Their Social Class?" Robert Bird and Frank Newport -Robert Bird and Frank Newport ("What Determines How Americans Perceive Their Social Class?") note that a person's gender affects the way they describe their social class.

Womens and Gender Studies: Perspectives and Practices

Learning Gender

Inscribing Gender on the Body

Media and Culture

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

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Exam 2: Systems of Privilege and Inequality

The term "queer" has included different meanings, including

Reading "Poems with Disabilities" Jim Ferris -In "Poems with Disabilities," Jim Ferris argues that society views disabled people as abnormal.

Reading "Poems with Disabilities" Jim Ferris -In "Poems with Disabilities," Jim Ferris argues that parking is easier for people categorized as disabled.

Reading "Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection" Patricia Hill Collins -In "Toward a New Vision," Patricia Hill Collins compares the university to a plantation in order to

Reading "Disability and Social Justice" Teodor Mladenov -Embracing a transnational perspective can be transformative for disability studies because it acknowledges that

Reading "Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection" Patricia Hill Collins -In "Toward a New Vision," Patricia Hill Collins emphasizes the importance of "both/and" thinking when considering issues of privilege and oppression.

Reading 10 "There is No Hierarchy of Oppression" Audre Lorde -In her essay "There is No Hierarchy of Oppression," Audre Lorde makes which of the following arguments?

Reading "What Determines How Americans Perceive Their Social Class?" Robert Bird and Frank Newport -In "What Determines How Americans Perceive Their Social Class?," Robert Bird and Frank Newport argue that which of the following factors determine the way people describe their social class?

Reading "Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person" Gina Crosley-Corcoran -Gina Crosley-Corcoran ("Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person") argues that white privilege

Reading "Cisgender Privilege" Evin Taylor -Evin Taylor ("Cisgender Privilege") focuses on the intersections of gender and race.

Reading "Cisgender Privilege" Evin Taylor -Evin Taylor's ("Cisgender Privilege") list of 50 privileges of cisgender people shows the following:

Sexual terrorism is the threat of rape and sexual assault that controls primarily lesbians' lives.

The United Nations recognizes crimes against women as hate crimes.

Reading "Cisgender Privilege" Evin Taylor -Evin Taylor ("Cisgender Privilege") uses the "invisible knapsack" model of Peggy McIntosh in this reading.

Reading "Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection" Patricia Hill Collins -In "Toward a New Vision," Patricia Hill Collins makes three suggestions for overcoming barriers of inequality and privilege. Which of her suggestions are included below?

Reading "What Determines How Americans Perceive Their Social Class?" Robert Bird and Frank Newport -Robert Bird and Frank Newport ("What Determines How Americans Perceive Their Social Class?") argue that U.S. social classes are made up of well-defined, well-understood categories.

Reading "Don't Laugh, It's Serious She Says" Ellie Mamber -The woman in the poem "Don't Laugh, It's Serious She Says" hopes to attract men so that she can reject them.

Reading "Intersectionality" Vivian M. May -Vivian M. May ("Intersectionality") makes the case for the confluence of multiple forms of oppression.

The fear and dislike of lesbians and gay men is the working definition of which term?

Reading "What Determines How Americans Perceive Their Social Class?" Robert Bird and Frank Newport -Robert Bird and Frank Newport ("What Determines How Americans Perceive Their Social Class?") note that a person's gender affects the way they describe their social class.

Womens and Gender Studies: Perspectives and Practices

Learning Gender

Inscribing Gender on the Body

Media and Culture

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