Lesson 3.3.2.2

3.3.2.2 Feminism Quiz: AQA Politics, Unit 3

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The 20 questions

  1. What core concept refers to systemic male dominance over women in society?

    • Existentialism
    • Androcentrism
    • Patriarchy
    • Intersectionality

  2. Which core goal do liberal feminists focus on achieving through legal reform?

    • Class revolution
    • Equal rights
    • Patriarchal overthrow
    • Gender separation

  3. Which feminist ideology claims that patriarchy is pervasive and requires fundamental restructuring of society?

    • Liberal feminism
    • Radical feminism
    • Socialist feminism
    • Post-feminism

  4. Which strand of feminism emphasises that women and men have fundamentally distinct qualities and experiences?

    • Liberal feminism
    • Difference feminism
    • Socialist feminism
    • Radical feminism

  5. Which feminist perspective suggests that traditional feminist goals have largely been achieved?

    • Post-feminism
    • Difference feminism
    • Socialist feminism
    • Radical feminism

  6. Which thinker linked reform Darwinism to a critique of androcentric society in feminist thought?

    • Simone de Beauvoir
    • Charlotte Perkins Gilman
    • Sheila Rowbotham
    • Kate Millett

  7. Which foundational 1949 feminist text was written by existentialist thinker Simone de Beauvoir?

    • Gender Trouble
    • Sexual Politics
    • The Feminine Mystique
    • The Second Sex

  8. Which 1970 book by Kate Millett established key concepts in radical feminist theory?

    • The Second Sex
    • The Feminine Mystique
    • Women's Estate
    • Sexual Politics

  9. Which thinker linked the oppression of women directly to capitalism and socialist feminism?

    • Charlotte Perkins Gilman
    • bell hooks
    • Kate Millett
    • Sheila Rowbotham

  10. Which feminist thinker is central to the concept of intersectionality and social class inequality?

    • Simone de Beauvoir
    • Sheila Rowbotham
    • Kate Millett
    • bell hooks

  11. What policy term describes positive measures designed to overcome historical gender discrimination in employment?

    • Affirmative action
    • Legal reform
    • Gender equality
    • Equal pay

  12. What primary debate divides equality feminists from difference feminists?

    • Total state abolition
    • Recognition of differences
    • Primacy of nation
    • Economic class struggle

  13. Paying men and women identical wages for equal work demonstrates which key feminist principle?

    • Equality of treatment
    • Recognition of difference
    • Positive discrimination
    • Cultural assimilation

  14. Valuing female experiences like motherhood in public policy reflects which feminist strand?

    • Socialist feminism
    • Liberal feminism
    • Post-feminism
    • Difference feminism

  15. Which strand of feminism views the traditional family as a primary site of patriarchal oppression?

    • Liberal feminism
    • Radical feminism
    • Socialist feminism
    • Post-feminism

  16. Critics argue that post-feminism overlooks which ongoing social issue?

    • State sovereignty
    • Structural inequality
    • Class struggle
    • Biological determinism

  17. Which type of equality have liberal feminists largely achieved in Western democracies?

    • Total social liberation
    • Formal legal equality
    • Complete economic parity
    • Eradication of patriarchy

  18. Unlike radical feminists, liberal feminists seek gender equality primarily through which method?

    • Separatist female communes
    • Abolition of family
    • Overthrow of capitalism
    • Reform within institutions

  19. Which concept describes how gender interacts with other identities like race and class?

    • Reform Darwinism
    • Existentialism
    • Androcentrism
    • Intersectionality

  20. Simone de Beauvoir used 'the Other' to describe woman's position as what?

    • Politically dominant
    • Fully autonomous
    • Secondary to men
    • Naturally superior

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