Question 1

Who of the following is a co-founder of Occupy Wall Street?&#10;A) Alicia Garza&#10;B) Kalle Lasn&#10;C) Lupe Fiasco&#10;D) Felix Guattari

Accepted Answer

Kalle Lasn is one of the co-founders of Occupy Wall Street. Alicia Garza is a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, Lupe Fiasco is a rapper and activist, and Felix Guattari was a French philosopher.

Question 2

What is the relationship between Occupy Wall Street and Anonymous&#10;A) Anonymous helped to promote the first Occupy Wall Street action&#10;B) Anonymous organized and orchestrated Occupy Wall Street&#10;C) Anonymous stood against Occupy Wall Street and helped to bring it down&#10;D) Anonymous has no relationship with Occupy Wall Street

Accepted Answer

Anonymous played a role in promoting the first Occupy Wall Street action by creating a video that went viral and encouraged people to participate in the movement. However, they did not organize or orchestrate the movement and they did not stand against it.

Question 3

What is &#34;The 99%&#34; refer to?&#10;A) Everyone outside of the corporatocracy&#10;B) Everyone outside of the two-party system&#10;C) Everyone outside of the wealthiest 1%&#10;D) Everyone outside of New York City

Accepted Answer

"The 99%" refers to everyone outside of the wealthiest 1%, which is commonly used in discussions of economic inequality and social justice movements.

Question 4

Who coined the phrase &#34;All day, all week, occupy Wall Street!&#34;&#10;A) Alicia Garza&#10;B) Kalle Lasn&#10;C) Lupe Fiasco&#10;D) Felix Guattari

Accepted Answer

Lupe Fiasco coined the phrase "All day, all week, occupy Wall Street!" in a tweet on September 17, 2011.

Question 5

A social movement strategy that involves a consensus-based open discussion among movement participants.&#10;A) One demand&#10;B) Game jam&#10;C) VOIP&#10;D) People's assembly

Accepted Answer

A people's assembly is a social movement strategy that involves a consensus-based open discussion among movement participants, where everyone has an equal voice and decisions are made collectively. It is a bottom-up approach to decision-making that prioritizes inclusivity and transparency. The other options, one demand and game jam, are not consensus-based strategies and VOIP is a communication technology that may be used in various strategies.

Question 6

A panel of experts and community members who provide oversight to research that involves human subjects.&#10;A) Peer review&#10;B) Interpersonal surveillance&#10;C) Institutional surveillance&#10;D) Institutional Review Board

Accepted Answer

An Institutional Review Board (IRB) is a panel of experts and community members who provide oversight to research that involves human subjects. Their role is to ensure that the research is ethical and the rights and welfare of the participants are protected. IRBs review research proposals, monitor ongoing studies, and can approve, require modifications to, or disapprove research.

Question 7

Who declared that Occupy Wall Street is a constructive failure?&#10;A) Kalle Lasn&#10;B) Micah White&#10;C) Barack Obama&#10;D) Gilles Deleuze

Accepted Answer

Micah White, one of the co-founders of Occupy Wall Street, declared the movement a "constructive failure," indicating that while it did not achieve its immediate goals, it was successful in spreading its message and sparking a conversation about economic inequality.

Question 8

The spread of ideas through intertwining non-hierarchical human networks is characterized by which concept from social theory?&#10;A) Rhizomes&#10;B) Hegemony&#10;C) Information flows&#10;D) Sousveillance

Accepted Answer

The concept of rhizomes, borrowed from the French philosophers Deleuze and Guattari, refers to the spread of ideas through decentralized and non-hierarchical networks that create a mesh-like structure of connections. This contrasts with hierarchical structures of power and control, and is often used to describe the way in which ideas and information spread through social media and other digital technologies.

Question 9

One method of the Occupy movement was to encourage participants and allies to add their own ideas and locations to the tag. This method relies on the power of which social media practice?&#10;A) Viral videos&#10;B) Vlogging&#10;C) Memes&#10;D) Rhizomes

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

A social movement strategy of assembling in public space to attract attention, foster discourse, and disrupt usual activity.&#10;A) People's assemblies&#10;B) Occupation&#10;C) Hashtags&#10;D) Leaderlessness

Accepted Answer

"Occupation" refers to the strategy of occupying public spaces to draw attention to a specific issue or cause. This tactic has been used by various social movements, such as Occupy Wall Street and the Standing Rock protests, to disrupt usual activity and demand political action.

Question 11

Identify and explain at least 4 of the major methods utilized by Occupy Wall Street.

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Question 12

Explain the concept of rhizomes and the identify the scholars associated with the concept. How did Occupy Wall Street work in rhizomatic ways?

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Question 13

Who is Micah White and why does he call Occupy Wall Street a constructive failure?

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