Question 1

In what ways do the boys at River High School constitute masculinity, according to C.J. Pascoe?

Accepted Answer

A)  By driving powerful cars 
B)  By excelling at sports 
C)  By demonstrating sexual mastery and denying girls' subjectivity 
D)  By exercising and lifting weights

Question 2

In "Before Intersectionality," M. Soledad Caballero says of the speaker's experiences as an immigrant:

Accepted Answer

A)  "We straddled emptiness. Spanish in whispers, our parents' accents, their immigrant fears." 
B)  "We lived our sadness through each other. We lived our silence too." 
C)  "There were only two colors, only two histories. We were neither." 
D)  All of the above

Question 3

Why does Audre Lorde claim that "Any attack against Black people is a lesbian and gay issue"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because marginalized identities intersect 
B)  Because racism and heterosexism are the same in every way 
C)  Because she only believes in fighting homophobia 
D)  None of the above

Question 4

What legacies do queer African communities respond to according to Currier and Migraine-George?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sexism 
B)  Homophobia 
C)  Scientific racism 
D)  All of the above

Question 5

Which statement is an assertion DiAngelo makes in her argument?

Accepted Answer

A)  All white silence is harmful 
B)  White people and people of color are likely to feel the same way when in spaces of discussions of race. 
C)  No form of white engagement that is not informed by an antiracist perspective is benign 
D)  None of the above

Question 6

The form of feminism bell hooks identifies in which women work to deconstruct the existing power structures and build new structures to maximize their freedom is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  Lifestyle Feminism 
B)  Radical Feminism 
C)  Reformist Feminism 
D)  Revolutionary Feminism

Question 7

Which statement best encapsulates the experience of the authors?

Accepted Answer

A)  They continually interrogated how power played out in the collaborations 
B)  They had all resources they needed to help students deal with their trauma 
C)  The spaces they created were free of conflict 
D)  They did little to show appreciation for each other while teaching

Question 8

While coming of age in Nigeria, where did Ijeoma find relief from the strict gender roles that focused on her becoming a wife?

Accepted Answer

A)  Home 
B)  School 
C)  Marketplace 
D)  Nowhere

Question 9

A professional element of successful transdisciplinarity in the classroom is

Accepted Answer

A)  The professors making themselves vulnerable 
B)  The professors naming their privilege 
C)  The professors using empathy 
D)  All of the above

Question 10

Anne Fausto-Sterling estimates that for every 1,000 children born,
Roughly are intersex.

Accepted Answer

A)  3 
B)  11 
C)  17 
D)  22

Question 11

What term does Clare use when discussing himself?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gimp 
B)  Crip 
C)  Queer 
D)  All of the above

Exam 1: Mapping the Field: an Introduction to Womens, Gender and Sexuality Studies