Feminist Writings Flashcards
From the following, which quality is not attributed to patriarchy?
Promotion of a certain repressive apparatus
Surreptitiously performing
Grand narrative
Uplifts the individual psyche
Uplifts the individual psyche
In the essay, what is the method suggested by hooks to stop the perpetration of patriarchy?
To define and locate the problem in patriarchy
To ignore the effects of patriarchy
To question the men
None of the above
To define and locate the problem in patriarchy
Why, according to hooks is the word ‘patriarchy’ unheeded by men?
a) They associate it with women’s liberation
b) They feel it as a rhetorically reified category
c) Both a) and b)
d) None of the above
c) Both a) and b)
How according to bell hooks is patriarchy indoctrinated into children?
a) They are assigned to them and given continuous guidance
b) They learn from their surroundings by imitation and then enacting
c) Both a) and b)
d) None of the above
a) They are assigned to them and given continuous guidance
Patriarchy asserted its dominance and naturalized itself through Religion Psychological terrorism and violence National politics Literature
Psychological terrorism and violence
How does hooks aim to understand the ontology of privilege in patriarchy?
To examine patriarchy as a pathology
To examine patriarchy as a grand narrative
To examine patriarchy as a domestic problem
None of the above
To examine patriarchy as a pathology
How does confirming to patriarchy contribute to an individual? It makes the person visible It makes the person self-reliant It makes the person powerful None of the above
None of the above
What is the first Ideological State Apparatus where patriarchy is indoctrinated? School Religious Institutions Family Politics
Family
In the essay by hooks, how is the different discourse of the normativity of patriarchy generated?
a) Both the father and mother are trained to be patriarchal through religion
b) Inducing psychological terrorism and violence
c) Both a) and b)
d) None of the above
Accepted Answers:
c) Both a) and b)
In the essay, how does script become a pre-determined metaphor of domination in patriarchy?
Script lays down the rules of functioning
Scripts have to be obeyed
Scripts are gendered
All of the above
All of the above
What is considered ‘unnatural’ of a male child?
to be strong and strategic
to suppress his feelings
to serve and care for others
to perform violence in appropriate settings
to serve and care for others
“This is the way we were experientially schooled in the \_\_\_ of patriarchy”. form skill norm art
art
In order to indoctrinate boys into the rules of patriarchy, we force them to – deny their feelings accept their feelings both a and b none of the above
deny their feelings
Which of the following is the correct way to understand patriarchy according to this essay? as a discursive apparatus as meta-discursive a non-construct pre-discursive
as a discursive apparatus
Why is Mr Woodifield compared to a baby in the short story? Because he lacks an agency Because he is not self-sufficient Both a and b None of the above
Because he lacks an agency
What nature metaphor in the short story is used to denote decadence in Woodifield?
The arrival of summer
The trees clinging on to the falling leaves
The drifting clouds in the shy
All of the above
The trees clinging on to the falling leaves
How does language become a part of embodiment?
The content of the language represents one as a person
The language embodies your intellectual self
Both a and b
None of the above
Both a and b
What are the codes of masculinity seen in the boss?
Flipping the paper with paper knife
Sitting greedily on his rolling office chair
Usage of a formal language in conversation
All of the above
All of the above
From where does the boss derive his kindness towards Mr Woodifield? From his sense of compassion From his sense of superiority From his love towards Woodifield All of the above
From his sense of superiority
From the following, which is the evident act by the boss that portrays his arrogant masculinity?
Showing off his newly built office
Turning the page using a page knife
Describing the ‘medicinal’ quality of whisky unknown to women
Infantilizing Mr Woodifield using his language
Describing the ‘medicinal’ quality of whisky unknown to women
Which instance in the story marks the disempowerment of the boss?
When he described the origin of the whisky
When he showed around his office to Mr Woodifield
When Mr Woodifield spoke of the setting of son’s graveyard
None of the above
When Mr Woodifield spoke of the setting of son’s graveyard
What does the boss’s ability to weep at will best signify? Arrogant Masculinity Emotional imbalance Trauma Stress
Arrogant Masculinity
Why is Mr Woodifield able to talk openly about his dead son whereas the boss cannot?
Because the boss possess hyper-masculine hysteria
Because Mr Woodifield is exhausted
Both a and b
None of the above
Both a and b
In the story, why is the fly humanised? To dramatize the extent of violence To admire the fly as an individual To show the insignificance of the fly None of the above
To dramatize the extent of violence
1 point Which of the following words is NOT included in hooks’ definition of patriarchy? imperialist moralist white-supremacist capitalist
moralist
Which among the following is an example of a micro model of patriarchy? nation school family church
family
On which backdrop is The Fly set? World War I World War II French Revolution Civil War
World War I
Which event leads to the central episode of The Fly? Woodifield’s departure Boss’ attempt to cry at will a fly falling into Boss’ inkpot none of the above
a fly falling into Boss’ inkpot
What can the short story, The Fly, be considered a critique of? benevolent patriarchy weak masculinity masculine femininity violent patriarchy
violent patriarchy
What is described as 'the last little ugly place of industry'? the countryside the county town the collieries the terminus town
the terminus town
The development of the intimacy between Annie and John Joseph, punctuated by "after all", has a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ character to it. sequential perverse erratic guarded
sequential
The scheme for retribution against John Joseph is enabled by -
vindictive desire for revenge
a feeling of rejection and jealousy
feminine solidarity against sexual oppression
all of the above
feminine solidarity against sexual oppression
The domestic atmosphere created in the ladies waiting room at the depot in presence of John Joseph is - defamiliarising deceptive dramatic none of the above
deceptive
The violence at the end of the story has \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ overtones. erotic masochistic psychoanalytic political
erotic
When was the short story “Tickets, Please!” published? 1914 1916 1922 1918
1918
From the following, which landscape is not a part of the description of the tram route in the short story? Ugly villages of workmen’s houses Little market places A rural church under the ash tree A medieval house near meadows
A medieval house near meadows
Which of the following words used by Lawrence show the degree of incompatibility between the tramcar and the city? Jerky Jaunty Slithering All of the above
All of the above
Why were the drivers of the tram cars crippled and hunchback?
They were handicapped by the violence of the First World War
They were handicapped by birth
They were handicapped due to an accident
All of the above
They were handicapped by the violence of the First World War
Why did Annie like John Joseph in spite of knowing that he is a sexual predator?
Because John Joseph had a good professional personality
Because Annie could see through his tactics
Because John Joseph was good looking
All of the above
Because Annie could see through his tactics
How did John Joseph acquire proximity towards Annie at the Statutes fair?
He asked Annie out genuinely to be close to her
He paid for all the rides with Annie
He boasted of his previous experiences with Annie’s friend to make her jealous
None of the above
He paid for all the rides with Annie
From the following, which one is not the quality of a fairground as described in the story? Liberating Opens up a lot of permutations Static Defamiliarizing
Static
Which act establishes the girl’s control on John Joseph in the waiting room?
They start abusing him
They speak in tongues that John Joseph did not understand making him puzzled
They used John Joseph’s language on him
None of the above
They used John Joseph’s language on him
How does John Joseph react when he senses the impending attack in the ladies waiting room?
He is resorting back to the official patriarchal register of language
He tries to move out of the room
Both a and b
None of the above
Both a and b
How does the question of permanence become redundant in the story?
The story does not portray the inner violence of the girls
The story does not convey what happens the next day after the violence
The story diverts into the personal narratives moving away from the main plot
John Joseph and his tactics are glorified
The story does not convey what happens the next day after the violence
Which of the following is not a boundary break theorized by Donna Haraway? Human and animal Organism and machine Living and nonliving Physical and non-physical
Living and nonliving
What does the table of “Organics of Domination” vs “Informatics of Domination” indicate-
It establishes logical evolution of modes of domination
It subverts naturalistic coding of Organic mode
It provides a technological hierarchy of modes of domination
It subverts constructed coding of Informatic mode
It subverts naturalistic coding of Organic mode
The necessary implication of taking seriously the cyborg imagery is - Non-innocence of the body Machine as an aspect of our embodiment Both A and B Neither A nor B
Both A and B
In moving beyond the idea of reproductive sex, cyborgs seek to -
Rise above the politics of binaries and essence
Celebrate the idea of monstrosity
Deconstruct the gendered understanding of sex and birth
All of the above
All of the above
When choosing to be a cyborg instead of a goddess, Donna Haraway is rejecting the stance of - Feminism Humanism Post-humanism Socialist-feminism
Humanism
The Cyborg can be defined as the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of man and machine. Difference Assemblage Antagonism Splitting
Assemblage
Which of the following is not a part of the C3I nexus described by Haraway in her essay, The Cyborg Manifesto? Collateral Command Control Communication
Collateral
1 point
The figure of the cyborg emerges as a result of the Western drive to
Technologization
Which figure does Haraway provide as an example of “the ultimate self – untied at last from all dependency”? The cowboy The man in space The deep-sea diver The farmer
The man in space
Haraway locates Marxism and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ as two mythic discourses that propose the theory of the interconnectedness of individual development and history. Deontology Psychoanalysis Fordism Taylorism
Psychoanalysis
In which of the following characters does Haraway locate a desire for salvation through the restoration of the garden of Eden which includes the fabrication of a heterosexual partner? Oedipus Moby Dick Alice Frankenstein
Frankenstein
According to Haraway, new movements for animal rights do not \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ human uniqueness. Accept Consider Deny Find
Deny
Which of the following genres does Haraway credit as being instrumental in dissolving the boundaries of the physical and the non-physical world? Pure Chemistry Applied Mathematics Pop Physics Material Engineering
Pop Physics
Which of the following features of modern machinery is identified by Haraway as a key element that changes our experience of them? Enlargement Plasticization Miniaturization Discoloration
Miniaturization
In her essay The Cyborg Manifesto, Haraway talks about the Salamander to highlight the aspects of: Violence Regeneration Toxicity Mobility
Regeneration
Who famously criticised the poem “Goblin Market” as ‘the calamity of modern poetry’? John Fletcher Mathew Arnold Oscar Wilde John Ruskin
John Ruskin
How does the bazaar become the field of defamiliarization?
The open space of the bazaar converts into the space of worldly commodity
The bazaar becomes a magical land of unfamiliar newness
Both a and b
None of the above
Both a and b
Name the English writer wrote an acclaimed work, published in 1865 that was inspired by the poem “Goblin Market”? Algernon Charles Swinburne Alfred Tennyson Lewis Caroll Alexander Macmillan
Lewis Caroll
From the list of the fruits, where do the exotic fruits originally come from? From the palace garden From the colonies From the bordering nations None of these
From the colonies
Which quality of the goblin best complements their uncanny and dangerous nature across the poem? Violence Non-anthropomorphic Arrogance Non-Static
Non-anthropomorphic
Which one of the following is not the part of the covert caveat as represented in the poem? Caveat against contaminated consumption Caveat against unprincipled production Caveat against capitalism Caveat against Marxism
Caveat against Marxism
How is the menace quality of the goblin portrayed in the poem?
The dissolution of the market and goblin men after consumption
Fruits and commodities in the market leading into a state of delusion after consumption
Both a and b
None of the above
Both a and b
Identify the literary term that describe the problem inherent in trying to judge a work of art by assuming the intent or purpose of the artist who created it. Pathetic fallacy’ Affective fallacy Intentional fallacy Dilemma
Intentional fallacy
What does the goblin fruit in the poem best stand for from the following? Truth Love Enchantment Deception
Deception
What does the sound of the jingling penny in Lizzie’s purse refer to? Reaffirmation of her identity Reaffirmation of her agency Reaffirmation of her privacy All of the above
Reaffirmation of her agency
What does the goblins’ contamination of the sisters’ domestic purity signify? defamiliarization deterritorialization both a and b deconstruction
both a and b
What does Laura tell the children in the last stanza of “Goblin Market”? men are evil a sister can never be a friend there is no friend like a sister women must always depend on men
there is no friend like a sister
