GWS 300 - Women as Agents of Change » Spring 2021 » Quiz 7

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Question #1
According to Mary Pardo, the Mothers of East L.A did not think about the needs of the larger community but were most interested in issues of individual women's rights. This, according to the author, is what made them successful activists.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #2
According to Mary Pardo, the activism of the group Mothers of East L.A allows us to:
A.   Learn that motherhood is less important than activism
B.   That women are more passive than men
C.   That motherhood is more important than activism
D.   That women's participation in politics includes grassroots organizing and cannot just be limited to issues of voting
Question #3
Mothers of East L.A. were organizing and protesting in order to:
A.   Bring more health food stores into their community
B.   Bring better schools for their children to their community
C.   Stop the construction of a proposed prison and toxic waste incinerator in their neighborhood
D.   To help bring employment to their neighborhood a prison and a toxic waste incinerator
Question #4
According to Torre, the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo in Argentina were successful in bringing international attention to the abuses of the military because:
A.   Because they threatened to join the military
B.   Because the military were comprised of all men
C.   Because their conventional motherhood status commanded respect in society
D.   Because they were sexually assaulted by the military
Question #5
Which of the following is FALSE about what the rise of a military junta in Argentina after 1976 led to:
A.   The suspension of civil liberties
B.   A culture of fear due to the extent of civil disappearances that were taking place
C.   The kidnappings and tortures of many civilians that were carried out by the military
D.   A stable economic and social environment
Question #6
According to Susana Torre, the mothers of Plaza de Mayo used various strategies in their protest, including:
A.   Using loudspeakers to blast their message as far as possible
B.   all of these
C.   Engaging in violent protest
D.   Meeting in groups of two, wearing white handkerchiefs on their heads, and continuing to protest week after week to bring attention to their missing loved ones
Question #7
The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo were at first ignored by the police because:
A.   They came from less patriarchal families
B.   They were elderly, poor, and didn't seem threatening
C.   Some of the police men were raised in lesbian households themselves
D.   They were disregarded as sex workers
Question #8
What did the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo use to signify their cause and communicate with each other?
A.   Red scarves to symbolize the blood of their loved ones
B.   all of these
C.   Outfits made out of the Argentinian flag
D.   White kerchiefs that were diapers of their children

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