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Reconstructing Gender: A Multicultural Anthology, 3/e
Estelle Disch, University of Massachusetts, Boston

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Multiple Choice Quiz



1

In Reading 45 (Girls and Boys Together . . . But Mostly Apart: Gender Arrangements in Elementary Schools), author Barrie Thorne describes her research in which she found that boys disrupt girls' activities rather than vice versa.
A)True
B)False
2

According to Reading 45 (Girls and Boys Together . . . But Mostly Apart: Gender Arrangements in Elementary Schools), author Barrie Thorne's research found that boys and girls live in virtually "separate worlds."
A)True
B)False
3

In Reading 46 (Dreams), author Ann Arnette Ferguson suggests that the education system contributes to many Black youths ending up in jail.
A)True
B)False
4

In Reading 47 (Conflict Within the Ivory Tower), author Ruth Sidel suggests that discrimination on college campuses occurs at both the individual and administrative levels.
A)True
B)False
5

In Reading 48 (Black and Female: Reflections on Graduate School), author bell hooks argues that masculinity may help mediate racism.
A)True
B)False
6

In Reading 49 (Scholarly Studies of Men: The New Field is an Essential Complement to Women's Studies), author Harry Brod proposes that Men's Studies be viewed as a corrective to the bias in Women's Studies.
A)True
B)False
7

In Reading 49 (Scholarly Studies of Men: The New Field is an Essential Complement to Women's Studies), which of the following does author Harry Brod NOT suggest as reasons to have Men's Studies?
A)Men's Studies accepts feminist critique of traditional scholarship.
B)Men's Studies examines power relations among men.
C)Men's Studies forges special links to Gay Studies.
D)Men's Studies helps men figure out how to communicate with women.
8

In Reading 46 (Dreams), author Ann Arnette Ferguson suggests which of the following to improve the lives of African-American youths?
A)greater surveillance
B)tighter discipline
C)Ebonics implementation in schools
D)special reform schools with cultural sensitivity for Black children
9

In Reading 47 (Conflict Within the Ivory Tower), author Ruth Sidel touches on incidents involving all of the following EXCEPT:
A)rape
B)anti-Semitism
C)cheating
D)homophobia
10

In Reading 48 (Black and Female: Reflections on Graduate School), author bell hooks states that she was told that it would be easy for her to get an academic job because:
A)she was brilliant
B)of affirmative action assumptions
C)English departments generally welcomed professors of color
D)her work was valued by academics she encountered