Question 1

Reading Excerpt from Living a Feminist Life Sara Ahmed
-According to Sara Ahmed, in order to recognize the need for feminism, we must

Accepted Answer

A)  Examine our personal experiences 
B)  March in the streets 
C)  Analyze media 
D)  Write a manifesto

Question 2

Patriarchy can be defined as

Accepted Answer

A)  Male centeredness 
B)  Male domination 
C)  Male objectification 
D)  All of the above

Question 3

Reading "A Transnational Black Feminist Framework: Rooting in Feminist Scholarship, Framing Contemporary Black Activism" Kia M. Q. Hall
-The Black Lives Matter movement is committed to the inclusion of

Accepted Answer

A)  Trans women 
B)  Queer people 
C)  Girls 
D)  Both (a) and (b) 
E)  All of the above

Question 4

Chapter One makes the case that "women" is still a necessary aspect of "women's and gender studies"? Why is it necessary?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because Title IX made it illegal to do otherwise 
B)  Because we live in an androcentric society 
C)  Because there are now few social and political consequences of identifying as a woman 
D)  All of the above

Question 5

Third wave feminism has its origins in the lives of the baby boomer generation of the 1960s and 1970s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Reading "In Defense of Latinx" Christine Garcia
-Latinx is a term that acknowledges intersectional identities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Transnational feminist perspectives support the notion of "universal sisterhood."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Reading "A Day Without Feminism" Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards
-In the scenario created by Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards in "A Day without Feminism," less than 2% of women were dentists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Legal changes brought about in part as a result of the women's movement include

Accepted Answer

A)  The Equal Pay Act (1963) 
B)  The Equal Rights Amendment (1964) 
C)  The Comparable Worth Act (1975) 
D)  Both (a) and (b) 
E)  Both (a) and (c)

Question 10

A strategy of liberal feminism is working within the system for change.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

"Late modernity" refers to the latter part of the nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Misogyny is defined as the social organization of gender in society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Reading "No More Miss America" New York Radical Women
-The "No More Miss America" manifesto was written in

Accepted Answer

A)  1928 
B)  1958 
C)  1968 
D)  1978

Exam 1: Womens and Gender Studies: Perspectives and Practices

Reading Excerpt from Living a Feminist Life Sara Ahmed -According to Sara Ahmed, in order to recognize the need for feminism, we must

Patriarchy can be defined as

Reading "A Transnational Black Feminist Framework: Rooting in Feminist Scholarship, Framing Contemporary Black Activism" Kia M. Q. Hall -The Black Lives Matter movement is committed to the inclusion of

Chapter One makes the case that "women" is still a necessary aspect of "women's and gender studies"? Why is it necessary?

Third wave feminism has its origins in the lives of the baby boomer generation of the 1960s and 1970s.

Reading "In Defense of Latinx" Christine Garcia -Latinx is a term that acknowledges intersectional identities.

Transnational feminist perspectives support the notion of "universal sisterhood."

Reading "A Day Without Feminism" Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards -In the scenario created by Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards in "A Day without Feminism," less than 2% of women were dentists.

Legal changes brought about in part as a result of the women's movement include

A strategy of liberal feminism is working within the system for change.

"Late modernity" refers to the latter part of the nineteenth century.

Misogyny is defined as the social organization of gender in society.

Reading "No More Miss America" New York Radical Women -The "No More Miss America" manifesto was written in