Feminism and Social Justice Coursera Quiz Answers

“Feminism and Social Justice” is an adaptation of Distinguished Professor Bettina Aptheker’s long-running course at UC Santa Cruz. In the course, Professor Aptheker presents a broad definition of feminism that serves to frame three significant events in the history of feminism and social justice: the Empire Zinc strike of 1951, the 1971-1972 trial of Angela Davis, and the #metoo movement.

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Week-1 Quiz Answers

Quiz-1: Defining Feminism

Q1. Professor Aptheker points out that gender is a social construct. Which of the following categories are also socially constructed? (Check all that apply.)

Race
Class
Criminality

Q2. Professor Aptheker describes heterosexuality and “whiteness” as norms. What is an example of a norm in the context of class in the U.S.? (Check all that apply.)

Clothing
Accent
Gender
Blood type

Q3.According to Professor Aptheker, empowerment is a _ process.

Individual
Interpersonal
Oppressive
Collective

Q4.According to Professor Aptheker, has any modern society achieved feminism?

Q5.“Oppression of women is so old that it seems to be natural.” What does Professor Aptheker mean by that? (Check all that apply.)

Women are living within legal systems that once considered them property.
It is common to accept women’s inferiority as a norm.
Women are naturally submissive.
Women are associated with nature.

Week-2 Quiz Answers

Quiz-1: Salt of the Earth

Q1. What made “Salt of the Earth” unusual?

It was about a real event.
People who participated in the Empire Zinc strike acted in the film.
All of the dialogue was in Spanish.
It won seven Academy Awards.

Q2. When did hot running water and indoor plumbing become priorities for the union?

After men started doing housework.
After women started to vote in matters regarding the strike.
After workers found out other company towns had such infrastructure.
After the union had won its other demands.

Q3. Why were the writer, director, and producer of “Salt of the Earth” blacklisted?

Because of alleged tax evasion
Because of mistreatment of female actors
Because of parts of the film that were factually incorrect
Because of alleged communist leanings

Q4.What was mined in “Salt of the Earth”?

Salt
Uranium
Zinc
Copper

Q5. What were some of the disparities in working conditions between Anglo workers and Mexican workers at Mine, Mill & Smelters? (Check all that apply.)

Overtime pay
Two-person shifts
Pension plans
Portal-to-portal pay
Indoor plumbing

Week-3 Quiz Answers

Quiz-1: Free Angela!

Q1. True or false? Angela Davis was a member of the Communist Party.

True
False

Q2. Who were the Soledad Brothers?

Inmates at Soledad Prison
A communist group in Soledad, Calif.
A religious order
A musical group

Q3.True or false? Angela Davis acted as her own lawyer.

True
False

Q4. Where was Angela Davis arrested?

Los Angeles
Frankfurt
New York
San Francisco
Berlin

Q5. What was the occupation of Rodger McAfee, the man who paid Angela Davis’ bail?

Potato farmer
Lobbyist
Dairy farmer
Lawyer
Actor

Week-4 Quiz Answers

Quiz-1: #metoo

Q1. Who is Dominique Strauss-Kahn?

The former director of the World Bank
The former director of the International Monetary Fund
The former mayor of Paris
The former president of France

Q2. True or false? Marriages between slaves in the U.S. were legally recognized.

True
False

Q3. True or false? Because of Anita Hill’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court was denied.