Volume 1 Chapter 4 Quiz

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. ____________ is the process by which a person, in a social group, is channeled and trained to become a man or woman on the basis of sex.

Patriarchy correct incorrect

Castration correct incorrect

Gender correct incorrect

Eunuchs correct incorrect

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. The goddess hypothesis is an influential hypothesis most closely associated with_________.

Marija Gimbutas correct incorrect

Judith Butler correct incorrect

Heloise correct incorrect

Abelard correct incorrect

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. What does DNA analysis of ancient skeletons suggest about gender relations in the ancient world?

Patriarchy was present in the earliest human societies correct incorrect

Men and women may have performed the same work correct incorrect

Homosexuality was practiced in all early societies correct incorrect

Women performed all the work correct incorrect

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. What is one-way ancient rulers promoted the development of patriarchy?

Rulers promulgated law codes, which legitimized the enormous power men had over women correct incorrect

Rulers championed goddesses as supreme divinities to be worshipped correct incorrect

Rulers engaged in diplomacy and trade with other rulers correct incorrect

Rulers did not allow women to inherit the throne correct incorrect

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. The new schools of the twelfth century France were different than their predecessors in what important way?

They were associated with nobles correct incorrect

They were associated with cathedrals correct incorrect

They were associated with monasteries correct incorrect

They were associated with kings correct incorrect

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. What is one way Heloise challenged the gender expectations of a woman of her rank in medieval France?

She dressed as a man correct incorrect

She managed her husband's estate when he was called to war correct incorrect

She was as educated as that of a man of the highest rank correct incorrect

She lived in a convent correct incorrect

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. What reason did Abelard give for refusing to marry Heloise in public after their love affair was discovered?

Married men were barred from high church offices and teaching positions correct incorrect

He did not wish to bring shame on himself correct incorrect

He was concerned that a public marriage would destroy Heloise's reputation correct incorrect

He did not want to recognize his illegitimate son correct incorrect

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. For Fulco, Abelard's castration symbolized the loss of his_________________.

Testicles correct incorrect

Virtus correct incorrect

Power correct incorrect

Sex drive correct incorrect

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. Castrated men known as __________were important and powerful members of many imperial courts.

Monks correct incorrect

Abbesses correct incorrect

Eunuchs correct incorrect

Catamites correct incorrect

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. What is one proof that patriarchy still persists in the United States today?

A married woman cannot open a bank account without her husband's signature correct incorrect

The military only recruits men correct incorrect

The main employment opportunities for women are teacher, sales clerk, secretary, or nurse correct incorrect

An insufficient number of state legislatures have passed the Equal Rights Amendment for it to become law correct incorrect