Question 1

Reading "Claiming an Education" Adrienne Rich
-In "Claiming an Education," Adrienne Rich explains that students must

Accepted Answer

A)  Take themselves seriously 
B)  Seek out criticism 
C)  Think actively 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Take themselves seriously 
B)  Seek out criticism 
C)  Think actively 
D)  All of the above

Question 2

The late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century women's organization NWSA continues today as

Accepted Answer

A)  NOW 
B)  John Birch Society 
C)  Ms Magazine 
D)  League of Women Voters 
A)  NOW 
B)  John Birch Society 
C)  Ms Magazine 
D)  League of Women Voters

Question 3

The terms postfeminism implies

Accepted Answer

A)  The need for feminism is over 
B)  Women and men have reached full equality 
C)  We have entered a fourth wave of feminism 
D)  Both (a) and (b) 
E)  All of the above 
A)  The need for feminism is over 
B)  Women and men have reached full equality 
C)  We have entered a fourth wave of feminism 
D)  Both (a) and (b) 
E)  All of the above

Question 4

Reading "No More Miss America" New York Radical Women
-The "No More Miss America" manifesto was written by a woman of color collective called 'Listen Up!'

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Reading "In Defense of Latinx" Christine Garcia
-The term Latinx complicates the concept of a gender binary because

Accepted Answer

A)  Latino/a implies that there are only two genders 
B)  the letter "x" refers to chromosomes 
C)  identity and gender are dichotomous 
D)  only "woke" people use the term 
A)  Latino/a implies that there are only two genders 
B)  the letter "x" refers to chromosomes 
C)  identity and gender are dichotomous 
D)  only "woke" people use the term

Question 6

Reading "In Defense of Latinx" Christine Garcia
-The introduction of the term Latinx resulted in its immediate, widespread use.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Women received the vote with the Sixteenth Amendment in 1920.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Reading "No More Miss America" New York Radical Women
-The tone of the "No More Miss America" manifesto is angry and sarcastic because

Accepted Answer

A)  the authors disapprove of the ways the Miss America pageant disempowers women 
B)  the authors are fed up by the terrible treatment of farm animals in New York State 
C)  the authors want to be like Miss America but cannot 
D)  feminist authors are always angry and sarcastic 
A)  the authors disapprove of the ways the Miss America pageant disempowers women 
B)  the authors are fed up by the terrible treatment of farm animals in New York State 
C)  the authors want to be like Miss America but cannot 
D)  feminist authors are always angry and sarcastic

Question 9

A primary focus of a "third wave" feminist agenda is on

Accepted Answer

A)  sexuality and identity 
B)  equal pay for equal work 
C)  getting women into high positions in the political and legal system 
D)  environmental issues 
A)  sexuality and identity 
B)  equal pay for equal work 
C)  getting women into high positions in the political and legal system 
D)  environmental issues

Question 10

Postmodernism is a perspective that

Accepted Answer

A)  Advocates for essentialism 
B)  Encourages social activism for abolition 
C)  Investigates the relationship between knowledge and power 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Advocates for essentialism 
B)  Encourages social activism for abolition 
C)  Investigates the relationship between knowledge and power 
D)  All of the above

Question 11

Reading "Claiming an Education" Adrienne Rich
-In "Claiming an Education," Adrienne Rich emphasizes that there are three parts to her contract that include: costs of student education, appropriate housing, and safety on campus.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Reading "My Heroines" Marge Piercy
-In Piercy's poem "My Heroines," she argues that heroines write our future.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The strategy of "add women and stir" associated with the development of women's studies knowledge is the most serious challenge to traditional knowledge and its truth claims.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Reading "A Transnational Black Feminist Framework: Rooting in Feminist Scholarship, Framing Contemporary Black Activism" Kia M. Q. Hall
-Transnational feminists argue that human rights issues include

Accepted Answer

A)  Domestic violence 
B)  Police violence 
C)  Problems only facing people who live outside of the U.S. 
D)  Both (a) and (b) 
E)  All of the above 
A)  Domestic violence 
B)  Police violence 
C)  Problems only facing people who live outside of the U.S. 
D)  Both (a) and (b) 
E)  All of the above

Question 15

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was written by

Accepted Answer

A)  Gloria Steinem 
B)  Susan B. Anthony 
C)  Mary Wollstonecraft 
D)  Jennifer Baumgardner 
A)  Gloria Steinem 
B)  Susan B. Anthony 
C)  Mary Wollstonecraft 
D)  Jennifer Baumgardner

Question 16

Reading "A Transnational Black Feminist Framework: Rooting in Feminist Scholarship, Framing Contemporary Black Activism" Kia M. Q. Hall
-Hall argues that "solidarity" and "support" are terms that imply the same level of commitment. False

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following is not one of the myths associated with feminism as discussed in Chapter One?

Accepted Answer

A)  Feminists reject motherhood and children 
B)  Feminists are greedy and want to make money 
C)  Feminists are angry and whiney 
D)  Feminism is a white, middle-class movement 
E)  None; all of these are myths associated with feminism 
A)  Feminists reject motherhood and children 
B)  Feminists are greedy and want to make money 
C)  Feminists are angry and whiney 
D)  Feminism is a white, middle-class movement 
E)  None; all of these are myths associated with feminism

Question 18

Reading "A Day Without Feminism" Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards
-Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards are second wave feminists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Reading "A Transnational Black Feminist Framework: Rooting in Feminist Scholarship, Framing Contemporary Black Activism" Kia M. Q. Hall
-The phrase Black Lives Matter was coined by three queer black women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Reading "In Defense of Latinx" Christine Garcia
-The debates about the term Latinx demonstrate that

Accepted Answer

A)  labels matter 
B)  gender, sexuality, and sexual expression are important and should be taken into account in addition to race and ethnicity 
C)  there is power in the words we use 
D)  Both (a) and (b) 
E)  All of the above 
A)  labels matter 
B)  gender, sexuality, and sexual expression are important and should be taken into account in addition to race and ethnicity 
C)  there is power in the words we use 
D)  Both (a) and (b) 
E)  All of the above

Reading "Claiming an Education" Adrienne Rich -In "Claiming an Education," Adrienne Rich explains that students must

The late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century women's organization NWSA continues today as

The terms postfeminism implies

Reading "No More Miss America" New York Radical Women -The "No More Miss America" manifesto was written by a woman of color collective called 'Listen Up!'

Reading "In Defense of Latinx" Christine Garcia -The term Latinx complicates the concept of a gender binary because

Reading "In Defense of Latinx" Christine Garcia -The introduction of the term Latinx resulted in its immediate, widespread use.

Women received the vote with the Sixteenth Amendment in 1920.

Reading "No More Miss America" New York Radical Women -The tone of the "No More Miss America" manifesto is angry and sarcastic because

A primary focus of a "third wave" feminist agenda is on

Postmodernism is a perspective that

Reading "Claiming an Education" Adrienne Rich -In "Claiming an Education," Adrienne Rich emphasizes that there are three parts to her contract that include: costs of student education, appropriate housing, and safety on campus.

Reading "My Heroines" Marge Piercy -In Piercy's poem "My Heroines," she argues that heroines write our future.

The strategy of "add women and stir" associated with the development of women's studies knowledge is the most serious challenge to traditional knowledge and its truth claims.

Reading "A Transnational Black Feminist Framework: Rooting in Feminist Scholarship, Framing Contemporary Black Activism" Kia M. Q. Hall -Transnational feminists argue that human rights issues include

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was written by

Reading "A Transnational Black Feminist Framework: Rooting in Feminist Scholarship, Framing Contemporary Black Activism" Kia M. Q. Hall -Hall argues that "solidarity" and "support" are terms that imply the same level of commitment. False

Which of the following is not one of the myths associated with feminism as discussed in Chapter One?

Reading "A Day Without Feminism" Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards -Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards are second wave feminists.

Reading "A Transnational Black Feminist Framework: Rooting in Feminist Scholarship, Framing Contemporary Black Activism" Kia M. Q. Hall -The phrase Black Lives Matter was coined by three queer black women.

Reading "In Defense of Latinx" Christine Garcia -The debates about the term Latinx demonstrate that

Systems of Privilege and Inequality

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

Exam 1: Womens and Gender Studies: Perspectives and Practices

Reading "Claiming an Education" Adrienne Rich -In "Claiming an Education," Adrienne Rich explains that students must

The late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century women's organization NWSA continues today as

The terms postfeminism implies

Reading "No More Miss America" New York Radical Women -The "No More Miss America" manifesto was written by a woman of color collective called 'Listen Up!'

Reading "In Defense of Latinx" Christine Garcia -The term Latinx complicates the concept of a gender binary because

Reading "In Defense of Latinx" Christine Garcia -The introduction of the term Latinx resulted in its immediate, widespread use.

Women received the vote with the Sixteenth Amendment in 1920.

Reading "No More Miss America" New York Radical Women -The tone of the "No More Miss America" manifesto is angry and sarcastic because

A primary focus of a "third wave" feminist agenda is on

Postmodernism is a perspective that

Reading "Claiming an Education" Adrienne Rich -In "Claiming an Education," Adrienne Rich emphasizes that there are three parts to her contract that include: costs of student education, appropriate housing, and safety on campus.

Reading "My Heroines" Marge Piercy -In Piercy's poem "My Heroines," she argues that heroines write our future.

The strategy of "add women and stir" associated with the development of women's studies knowledge is the most serious challenge to traditional knowledge and its truth claims.

Reading "A Transnational Black Feminist Framework: Rooting in Feminist Scholarship, Framing Contemporary Black Activism" Kia M. Q. Hall -Transnational feminists argue that human rights issues include

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was written by

Reading "A Transnational Black Feminist Framework: Rooting in Feminist Scholarship, Framing Contemporary Black Activism" Kia M. Q. Hall -Hall argues that "solidarity" and "support" are terms that imply the same level of commitment. False

Which of the following is not one of the myths associated with feminism as discussed in Chapter One?

Reading "A Day Without Feminism" Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards -Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards are second wave feminists.

Reading "A Transnational Black Feminist Framework: Rooting in Feminist Scholarship, Framing Contemporary Black Activism" Kia M. Q. Hall -The phrase Black Lives Matter was coined by three queer black women.

Reading "In Defense of Latinx" Christine Garcia -The debates about the term Latinx demonstrate that

Systems of Privilege and Inequality

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