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Ch6 | Test Bank – Lgbtq And Sexuality-Based Mobilization And

Chapter 6: LGBTQ and Sexuality-Based Mobilization and Activism

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. How do sociologists define structure?

A. organizations that are resistant to efforts for radical change

B. arrangements that create short-lived group behaviors

C. patterned arrangements that shape how we act

D. physical objects that shape how we interact with others

Learning Objective: 6-1: Describe the sociological approach to understanding social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: LGBTQ and Sexuality-Based Mobilization and Activism

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Sociologists define a social movement as something that ______

A. people in power sustain and organize

B. usually advocates for social change and progress

C. occurs sporadically but mobilizes many people

D. persists over time and involves many people

Learning Objective: 6-1: Describe the sociological approach to understanding social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Sociology of Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. The Stonewall riots are a well-known example of ______.

A. grassroots movements

B. left-wing activism

C. relative deprivation

D. collective behavior

Learning Objective: 6-1: Describe the sociological approach to understanding social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Sociology of Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. What factors generally contribute to the emergence of a social movement?

A. relative deprivation, inequality, and economic growth

B. relative deprivation, increasing education, and decreasing inequality

C. inequality, economic growth, and right-wing mobilization

D. mobilization, inequality, and collective behavior

Learning Objective: 6-2: Identify the social and cultural conditions that facilitate the emergence of the gay rights movement.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social and Cultural Contexts

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. Why did the emergence of gay enclaves help facilitate LGBTQ social movements?

A. Residents were more likely to be politically involved than people living elsewhere.

B. Living in close proximity to other LGBTQ persons facilitated mobilization.

C. People bonded over discrimination they had faced elsewhere.

D. Folks living there tended to be more aware of relative deprivation.

Learning Objective: 6-2: Identify the social and cultural conditions that facilitate the emergence of the gay rights movement.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Urbanization and the Emergence of Gay Enclaves

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Both the feminist movements and the Black power movement are examples of which type of activism?

A. collective behavior for identity politics

B. right-wing movements

C. identity-based movement

D. agentic mobilization

Learning Objective: 6-2: Identify the social and cultural conditions that facilitate the emergence of the gay rights movement.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Identity-Based Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. What occurred during the homophile movement?

A. Apolitical groups formed that would later become LGBTQ social movement organizations.

B. Gay men and lesbians came to accept their identities and to seek social acceptance.

C. Groups pursuing primarily radical approaches formed.

D. Gay men and lesbians began to collaborate in leadership positions.

Learning Objective: 6-4: Describe gay rights activism before and after Stonewall.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Before Stonewall: The Homophile Movement

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Which of the following is an example of a radical social movement organization?

A. Gay Men’s Health Crisis

B. The Daughters of Bilitis

C. The Mattachine society

D. The Gay Liberation Front

Learning Objective: 6-4: Describe gay rights activism before and after Stonewall. | 6-3: Differentiate between and identify examples of SMOs (Social Movement Organizations), RSMOs (Radical Social Movement Organizations), and episodes of collective behavior associated with the gay rights movement.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: After Stonewall: The Modern Gay Rights Movement

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Lesbian feminists were often excluded from which movement(s)?

A. gay rights movement

B. gay rights and feminist movements

C. feminist movements

D. gay rights and radical movements

Learning Objective: 6-4: Describe gay rights activism before and after Stonewall.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Emergence of Lesbian Feminism

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. How was AIDS activism different from other types of LGBTQ activism?

A. It was more racially diverse and inclusive.

B. It mobilized both gay men and lesbian women.

C. It was generally less radical.

D. It relied on professional organizers.

Learning Objective: 6-3: Differentiate between and identify examples of SMOs (Social Movement Organizations), RSMOs (Radical Social Movement Organizations), and episodes of collective behavior associated with the gay rights movement.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: AIDS Activism

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. What shortcoming in many antidiscrimination laws leaves many transgender people unprotected?

A. The laws do not concretely define work.

B. The laws mention sex but not gender identity.

C. The laws do not define sex or gender.

D. The laws often essentialize gender.

Learning Objective: 6-5: Identify key moments of transgender activism.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Transgender Activism and Rights

Difficulty Level: Hard

12. Bisexual activism and transgender activism have at least one goal in common, which is ______.

A. challenging their invisibility in society

B. advocating for gender discrimination laws

C. gaining increased access to health care

D. creating more radical social movement organizations

Learning Objective: 6-5: Identify key moments of transgender activism.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Transgender Activism and Rights | Bisexual Activism

Difficulty Level: Hard

13. What social issue triggered significant movement organization in the gay community in the 1980s?

A. AIDS epidemic

B. Queer Nation movement

C. marriage equality

D. workplace discrimination

Learning Objective: 6-3: Differentiate between and identify examples of SMOs (Social Movement Organizations), RSMOs (Radical Social Movement Organizations), and episodes of collective behavior associated with the gay rights movement.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: AIDS Activism

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. What makes radical social movement organizations radical?

A. their ability to take an intersectional approach

B. their desire to drastically change existing laws and policies

C. their pursuit of a complete transformation of society

D. their leadership by members of minority groups

Learning Objective: 6-3: Differentiate between and identify examples of SMOs (Social Movement Organizations), RSMOs (Radical Social Movement Organizations), and episodes of collective behavior associated with the gay rights movement.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: After Stonewall: The Modern Gay Rights Movement

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. An important step for sex worker mobilization is getting society to recognize ______.

A. men also can be sex workers

B. sex work as a legitimate form of work

C. the difference between sex and gender

D. sex trafficking as a major social problem

Learning Objective: 6-6: Discuss the mobilization and activism of sex workers.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sex Worker Mobilization

Difficulty Level: Hard

True/False

1. Social structures can both enable and restrict one’s ability to act.

Learning Objective: 6-1: Describe the sociological approach to understanding social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: LGBTQ and Sexuality-Based Mobilization and Activism

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. As education increases, so does awareness of relative deprivation.

Learning Objective: 6-2: Identify the social and cultural conditions that facilitate the emergence of the gay rights movement.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social and Cultural Contexts

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. One strategy for emancipation that the Gay Liberation Front endorsed was coming out publicly.

Learning Objective: 6-4: Describe gay rights activism before and after Stonewall.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: After Stonewall: The Modern Gay Rights Movement

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. The federal government was quick to address the public health threat of AIDS.

Learning Objective: 6-4: Describe gay rights activism before and after Stonewall.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: AIDS Activism

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Transgender activism is more likely to embrace medical treatment than is gay activism.

Learning Objective: 6-5: Identify key moments of transgender activism.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Transgender Activism and Rights

Difficulty Level: Medium

Short Answer

1. Describe the difference between a right-wing movement and a left-wing movement.

Learning Objective: 6-1: Describe the sociological approach to understanding social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Sociology of Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Describe the difference between the assimilationist strategy and the liberationist strategy of social movements.

Learning Objective: 6-4: Describe gay rights activism before and after Stonewall.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Before Stonewall: The Homophile Movement

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Summarize the path to marriage equality, explaining who the key actors were.

Learning Objective: 6-4: Describe gay rights activism before and after Stonewall.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Road to Marriage Equality

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. What factors contributed specifically to the rise of LGBTQ activism in the mid- to late 1900s?

Learning Objective: 6-2: Identify the social and cultural conditions that facilitate the emergence of the gay rights movement.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Social and Cultural Contexts

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. What are some barriers that sex workers face for mobilization?

Learning Objective: 6-6: Discuss the mobilization and activism of sex workers.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Sex Worker Mobilization

Difficulty Level: Hard

Essay

1. Identify and explain the social and cultural conditions that facilitated the emergence of the modern gay rights movement. Explain the factors that contributed to the shifts in goals, strategies, and the agenda of the gay rights movement in the 1980s and 1990s.

Learning Objective: 6-2: Identify the social and cultural conditions that facilitate the emergence of the gay rights movement.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Social and Cultural Contexts

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. Differentiate between a social movement and collective behavior. Explain the role episodes of collective behavior play in the modern gay rights movement, providing detailed examples of such episodes.

Learning Objective: 6-1: Describe the sociological approach to understanding social movements.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Sociology of Social Movements

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. Compare and contrast transgender activism with lesbian and gay activism.

Learning Objective: 6-5: Identify key moments of transgender activism.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Transgender Activism and Rights

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. Describe the Gay Liberation Front. Describe its strategy and how it was similar to and different from previous and other social movements at the time.

Learning Objective: 6-3: Differentiate between and identify examples of SMOs (Social Movement Organizations), RSMOs (Radical Social Movement Organizations), and episodes of collective behavior associated with the gay rights movement.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: After Stonewall: The Modern Gay Rights Movement

Difficulty Level: Medium

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Chapter 6 Lgbtq And Sexuality-Based Mobilization And Activism
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