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Reconstructing Gender Book Cover
Reconstructing Gender: A Multicultural Anthology, 4/e
Estelle Disch, University of Massachusetts, Boston

It’s Not Just About Gender

Quiz



1

In Reading 1 (The Puerto Rican Dummy and the Merciful Son), Martin Espada considers "macho" to be a constructive term than highlights the positive aspects of Latino males.
A)True
B)False
2

In Reading 2 (From Nothing, A Consciousness), Helen Zia says that in college she found support from Asian male professors.
A)True
B)False
3

According to Patricia Hill Collins in Reading 3 (The Past is Ever Present: Recognizing the New Racism), the Census Bureau reports that from 1980 to 2000, residential racial segregation declined for African Americans.
A)True
B)False
4

In Reading 4 (Angry Women Are Building: Issues and Struggles Facing American Indian Women Today), Paula Gunn Allen suggests that media depictions of American Indians have an impact on the self-identification of American Indian men in regard to violence against women.
A)True
B)False
5

According to Ruth Atkin and Adrienne Rich in Reading 5 ("J.A.P." - Slapping: The Politics of Scapegoating), Jews have been perceived as a "successful" minority group in America.
A)True
B)False
6

In Reading 6 (White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack), Peggy McIntosh suggests that the privileges she discusses are desirable attributes that are actually beneficial to society.
A)True
B)False
7

According to Farida Shaheed in Reading 7 (Controlled or Autonomous: Identity and the Experience of the Network, Women Living Under Muslim Laws), the fear of being cut off from one’s collective identity militates against women challenging “Muslim laws”.
A)True
B)False
8

According to Maxine Baca Zinn and Bonnie Thornton Dill in Reading 8 (Theorizing Difference From Multiracial Feminism), multiracial feminism is perspective which attempts to unify oppressions under the cause of feminism.
A)True
B)False
9

Allan Johnson, in Reading 9 (Patriarchy), states that we have to realize that we’re stuck in a model of social life that views everything as beginning and ending with individuals.
A)True
B)False
10

According to Allan Johnson in Reading 9 (Patriarchy), to understand patriarchy, we do not have to identify its cultural elements and see how they are related to the structure of social life.
A)True
B)False
11

According to Rosalind Petchesky in Reading 10 (Reflections on Global Governance and Transnational Feminist Movements in an Era of Infinite War), the power of women’s transnational coalitions is not as great as their organic connection with grassroots social movements.
A)True
B)False
12

In Reading 1 (The Puerto Rican Dummy and the Merciful Son), Martin Espada suggests that his own rage stemmed from:
A)internalized racism
B)abuse from his father
C)being in a gang
D)being fired from many jobs
13

Which of the following is NOT one of the "three obediences," according to Helen Zia in Reading 2 (From Nothing, A Consciousness)?
A)The daughter obeys the father.
B)The family obeys the state.
C)The wife obeys the husband.
D)The widow obeys the son.
14

According to Patricia Hill Collins in Reading 3 (The Past is Ever Present: Recognizing the New Racism), in 1999, African Americans were _______________ than non-Hispanic whites to live inside the central city boundaries of metropolitan areas.
A)less likely
B)as likely
C)more likely
15

In Reading 4 (Angry Women Are Building: Issues and Struggles Facing American Indian Women Today), Paula Gunn Allen suggests that American Indians are facing:
A)apartheid
B)war
C)globalization
D)genocide
16

According to Ruth Atkin and Adrienne Rich in Reading 5 ("J.A.P." - Slapping: The Politics of Scapegoating), J.A.P. stereotypes include women as:
A)"sluts"
B)maternal
C)lazy
D)intellectual
17

In Reading 6 (White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack), Peggy McIntosh discusses _______ as leading to _______.
A)unearned advantage; conferred dominance
B)conferred dominance; war
C)racial privilege; open-mindedness
D)white privilege; apartheid
18

According to Farida Shaheed in Reading 7 (Controlled or Autonomous: Identity and the Experience of the Network, Women Living Under Muslim Laws), while it is frequently claimed that any given state, society or community is Islamic, it is in fact not Islamic, but __________.
A)Middle Eastern
B)Muslim
C)Arabic
D)religious
19

According to Maxine Baca Zinn and Bonnie Thornton Dill in Reading 8 (Theorizing Difference From Multiracial Feminism), multiracial feminism is able to:
A)show how white women do not have race experiences
B)show how all women should unite under feminism regardless of race
C)focus on race rather than gender
D)focus on how difference is constituted
20

According to Rosalind Petchesky in Reading 10 (Reflections on Global Governance and Transnational Feminist Movements in an Era of Infinite War), the Bush Administration ____________________ war.
A)disapproves of
B)cannot comprehend
C)thrives on
D)is unsure of their position on