Deck 6: Activist Frontiers: Agency and Resistance

Question 1

Which statement best summarizes Abu-Lughod's argument?

A) Americanized Western feminism is the best model to enact among Afghani women
B) Turkish secularism is part of cultural relativism
C) Western feminists should not work as saviours but instead work as allies to Muslim women
D) the United Nations should intercede on women's behalf globally

Answer 1

C
Explanation: The argument of the essay is that Western feminists should not work as saviours but instead work as allies to Muslim women globally.

Question 2

Even RAWA, the now celebrated Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, which was so instrumental in bringing to U.S. women's attention the excesses of the Taliban, has opposed the U.S. bombing from the beginning. They do not see in it Afghan women's salvation but increased hardship and loss. They have long called for disarmament and for peacekeeping forces. Spokespersons point out the dangers of confusing _______, the Taliban with innocent Afghans who will be most harmed. They consistently remind audiences to take a close look at the ways policies are being organized around oil interests, the arms industry, and the international drug trade. They are not obsessed with the veil, even though they are the most radical feminists working for a secular democratic Afghanistan.

A) veiling and secularism
B) governments with people
C) war and peace
D) none of the above

Answer 2

B

Question 3

When Western feminists call for banning veils instead of working as allies to Muslim women, what are Western feminists participating in?

A) Colonial feminism
B) Universal feminism
C) Building sisterhood
D) Making real change

Answer 3

A
Explanation: The article reads, "In Turn of the Century Egypt, what Leila Ahmed (1992) has called "colonial feminism" was hard at work. This was a selective concern about the plight of Egyptian women that focused on the veil as a sign of oppression but gave no support to women's education and was professed loudly by the same Englishman, Lord Cromer, who opposed women's suffrage back home."

Question 4

What is Settler Colonialism?

A) The historic process that resulted in today's North American nations such as the U.S. and Canada
B) A way of referring to attitudes and beliefs that colonial settlers held
C) The ongoing colonization of indigenous peoples in places like the U.S. and Australia
D) The replacement of one group of settlers with colonizers from a new empire

Question 5

What must non-Native feminists do to support Native women?

A) Focus their efforts solely on dismantling patriarchy
B) See the intersections of patriarchy and colonialism as they work simultaneously to strip Native women of agency and safety
C) See Native women as naturally more connected to the earth because of their biology and natural essence instead of because of the ways lands figures into colonization
D) All of the above

Question 6

"The notion that Europeans were better equipped to manage and control land and women has been a salient feature of colonial discourses, one that has been used to mark indigenous populations as "savage" in relation to "civilized" Europeans and European men as more properly masculine than Native men. Its effects have been violent, as European colonizers were threatened by the relative _______ and _______ organization of the indigenous societies they encountered."

A) socialist, patrilineal
B) egalitarianism, matrifocal
C) hierarchical, intersectional
D) none of the above

Question 7

What concerns did the theorists and activists have about using identity as the basis for coalitions?

A) worrying that such an approach contributes to the reification and normalization of certain identities
B) any attempt to describe membership or belonging simultaneously implies a boundary indicating which groups are different or "other"
C) it is premised on turning a blind eye to differences within groups
D) All of the above

Question 8

Why did activists with less power and privilege within coalitions "strategically chose only short-term alliances across differences of power"?

A) those in power are eager to hear about their blind spots in regards to having too much power
B) the power structures are transparent and therefore easy to negotiate
C) identity politics was not the sole focus on the coalition
D) they end up taking on a "double shift" by having to negotiate unequal power structures within coalitions

Question 9

What is a coalition within feminist discourse?

A) a group focused on identity politics and that does not concern itself with political engagement
B) a group of women who do not share a common goal but decide to work together with women coming from the same identity
C) the process through which groups that define themselves as different work together politically, either long or short term, in the service of some mutually valued end
D) none of the above

Question 10

What does Hartley say about civility?

A) It is the only way to get people to listen to the concerns of women
B) It is patriarchal tool that will never work as a tool for women wanting to effect change
C) It can be used along with anger simultaneously
D) All of the above

Question 11

According to Chemaly, who was penalized for showing anger during the election?

A) Donald Trump
B) Bernie Sanders
C) Hillary Clinton
D) All of the above

Question 12

What effect does Zaman say writing her book has had on her life?

A) made her unshakeable
B) allowed her to advocate for herself
C) release toxic people in her life
D) all of the above

Question 13

In Hill's experience, what best protects the black community from violence?

A) Religion
B) Celebrity
C) The school principal
D) Family

Question 14

Why is Baltimore an important setting to the story?

A) It is a metaphor for black women as both are often subjects of others trying to assert authority over them and both cannot be penned in
B) It is where women go to college and are not allowed to finish
C) It is place free of racial discord
D) None of the above

Question 15

What was the result of the author writing a letter to the bully and advocating for her friend?

A) There was no result other than silence
B) Her grandfather decided she needed to move away from Baltimore
C) She was beaten by her father
D) She was rewarded by the principal for speaking out against injustice

Question 16

What is the Green Belt Movement?

A) an organization that supports women by providing trees and rewarding women for sustaining the trees
B) an organization that helps women flee intimate partner violence
C) an organization that teaches women how to apply to school
D) none of the above

Question 17

"A degraded environment leads to a scramble for scarce resources and may culminate in _______. As resources become scarcer or are squandered-whether they be land, water, hydrocarbons, timber, or minerals-some will seek to control them by excluding others. Consequently, the excluded seek justice and dignity through whatever means they can, often resulting in conflict. In fact, most conflicts in the world today relate in some way to competition over the access, control, and distribution of resources. Sometimes these conflicts take form within a state's own borders as local disputes over water, grazing ground, and agricultural land. Others are international conflicts, such as those in the Middle East. Almost without exception, these conflicts are over the distribution of these limited resources: who will own them, who will control them, and who will be excluded."

A) poverty and conflict
B) erosion and socialism
C) capitalism and war
D) optimism and crime

Question 18

What does Maathai argue needs to be added to the concept of reduce, reuse, recycle?

A) refuse
B) repress
C) recall
D) repair

Question 19

What does the author argue is the Latina Advantage in U.S. politics?

A) their dual identities as women and Latina speaks to a larger group of the electorate
B) speaking Spanish on television helps keep other voters away from the polls
C) Latinos win more elections but Latinas can ride on the wave of enthusiasm created by Latinos winning elections
D) none of the above

Question 20

Who is in "The Squad"?

A) Ilhan Omar
B) Rashida Tlaib
C) Ayanna Pressley
D) All of the above

Question 21

"Even though Latinas are making gains in U.S. politics, they - like women in general - are still _______ overall, which means their number in the general population is not comparable to their number in elective office."

A) accurately represented
B) overrepresented
C) underrepresented
D) unqualified

Question 22

Why was Winter the only activist fined for his role in the Capitol protest?

A) He was deemed the leader
B) He had a significant salary
C) He declared he wouldn't pay any fine
D) He was the only man involved

Question 23

What motivated Winter to reach the top of the Capitol steps?

A) His friends at the top
B) The young girl right behind him
C) The fear of failure
D) The cold weather

Question 24

"As I listened to the speakers on that day, I considered how life had prepared me for this moment of _______. Although I had taken part in such "street theatre" before, this seemed like the crowning glory of them all."

A) oppression
B) intersectionality
C) civil disobedience
D) crisis

Question 25

What social and political "truth" does Elvira Kurt transvalue in the videos Fryett examines?

A) The gender binary
B) Heteronormativity
C) Construction of race
D) Unrealistic beauty standards

Question 26

What cultural "truth" does Amy Schumer transvalue in the video Fryett analyzes?

A) The gender binary
B) Heteronormativity
C) Construction of race
D) Unrealistic beauty standards

Question 27

According to Fryett, why is feminist laughter important?

A) It provides an escape from quotidian problems
B) It destabilizes normative discourse
C) It provides a place for self-reflection
D) None of the above

Question 28

What do the Guerrilla Girls wear when they appear in public?

A) Gorilla Masks
B) Masks of famous women artists
C) Masks of famous men artists
D) Masks of U.S. Presidents

Question 29

What is the main way the Guerrilla Girls get their message out?

A) Staging protests outside museums
B) Posters and publishing
C) Gathering signatures
D) None of the above

Question 30

What does the poster draw the reader's attention to?

A) The imbalance of admissions to art school for women compared to the number of men admitted
B) The imbalance in worth of paintings by women compared to works done by men
C) The lack of art created by men in museums
D) None of the above

Question 31

What is the rule the women discuss? (Now called the Bechdel Test)

A) Any film they see must have two women in it who talk to each other about nothing but men
B) Any film they see must have two women in it who talk to each other about something other than a man
C) Any film they see must have two men in it who talk to each other about something other than a woman
D) none of the above

Question 32

What film(s) is (are) playing at the theatre they are considering entering?

A) The Mercenary
B) The Vigilante
C) The Barbarian
D) All of the above

Question 33

What do the two women end up doing by the end of the comic?

A) Going home
B) Entering the theater
C) Calling a friend
D) Making their own film

Question 34

What is the role of anger in the movement?

A) It is necessary and justified
B) It needs to be quelled
C) It makes women look bad
D) It will not be effective because people will not listen to the music

Question 35

"BECAUSE we hate _______ in all its forms and see our main goal as sharing information and staying alive, instead of making profits or being cool according to traditional standards."

A) socialism
B) capitalism
C) communism
D) racism

Question 36

What do the authors of the "Riot Grrrl Manifesto" declare is their main goal?

A) To make music that supports the established music industry
B) To save the psychic and cultural lives of girls and women
C) To maintain the status quo
D) To create hierarchical ways of being

Question 37

What contributed to Burke and other activists being able to "retain control of the developing narrative around #metoo"?

A) no one informed the celebrity that gained popular attention with #metoo of the long history of the hashtag
B) someone in a position of privilege worked as an ally instead of overtaking the message
C) people dismissed the role of allies and demanded sole ownership of the hashtag
D) none of the above

Question 38

Why did Burke create #metoo decades ago?

A) to encourage silence around sexual assault
B) to support all survivors of sexual violence, but especially Black women and girls
C) to promote Take Back the Night events
D) none of the above

Question 39

What does Burke recommend when someone wants to enter activist movements?

A) spend some time figuring out how you want to be of service and then analyze if that's actually the most effective use of your time and skill set.
B) be certain that you believe change will come and that you're not just being active for the sake of being woke and involved
C) know that the work of activism isn't easy
D) all of the above