WGS QUIZ 2 2026/2027 | WOMEN'S & GENDER STUDIES STUDY GUIDE,
PRACTICE QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & REVIEW
According to Gillis and Jacobs, it is okay to refer to transgender/trans people as "transgenders" or
"transgendered." - correct answer ✔✔False
The Combahee River Collective argues that capitalism has nothing to do with the oppression of black
lesbians and other minorities. - correct answer ✔✔False
The word "queer" is sometimes used in a derogatory way to dehumanize those whose sexuality or
gender is viewed as nonnormative. It is also used by some gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender
people as a positive term of identification. Social context plays an important role in the application and
interpretation of the word "queer." - correct answer ✔✔True
Black feminism is only relevant to the lives and concerns of black women. - correct answer ✔✔False
The Combahee River Collective challenges white lesbian separatist politics by emphasizing the
importance of maintaining solidarity with, rather than separation from, black men in order to resist
racism. - correct answer ✔✔true
_____________ is a pseudo-scientific field invested in developing genetic modification technologies that
improve the human race by removing genes that produce undesirable physical/psychological traits. In
practice, it has been used to reinforce white supremacy and enact violence against marginalized people
and their communities. Margaret Sanger, an early birth control advocate, supported it. - correct answer
✔✔Eugenics
___________________ refers to the act of reclaiming derogatory language/stereotypes/imagery used to
dehumanize/control marginalized people, then redefining/recoding them in ways that are empowering.
An example of this would be when LGBTQ people use the term "queer" as a positive term of
identification that celebrates gender/sexual diversity. - correct answer ✔✔Re-Appropriation
A ___________________ reflects how the physical realities of our lives--our skin color, the land or
concrete we grew up on, our sexual longings--can fuse to create a politic born of necessity. - correct
answer ✔✔theory in the flesh
_________________________ is a suffragette who is celebrated as a national icon and whose face is
even engraved on a U.S. coin for her political achievements, despite her claim that white women are
more suitable for citizenship than black men. - correct answer ✔✔Susan B. Anthony
________________ was the first investigative journalist in the United States and formed the backbone of
the early antilynching movement. - correct answer ✔✔Ida B. Wells
PRACTICE QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & REVIEW
According to Gillis and Jacobs, it is okay to refer to transgender/trans people as "transgenders" or
"transgendered." - correct answer ✔✔False
The Combahee River Collective argues that capitalism has nothing to do with the oppression of black
lesbians and other minorities. - correct answer ✔✔False
The word "queer" is sometimes used in a derogatory way to dehumanize those whose sexuality or
gender is viewed as nonnormative. It is also used by some gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender
people as a positive term of identification. Social context plays an important role in the application and
interpretation of the word "queer." - correct answer ✔✔True
Black feminism is only relevant to the lives and concerns of black women. - correct answer ✔✔False
The Combahee River Collective challenges white lesbian separatist politics by emphasizing the
importance of maintaining solidarity with, rather than separation from, black men in order to resist
racism. - correct answer ✔✔true
_____________ is a pseudo-scientific field invested in developing genetic modification technologies that
improve the human race by removing genes that produce undesirable physical/psychological traits. In
practice, it has been used to reinforce white supremacy and enact violence against marginalized people
and their communities. Margaret Sanger, an early birth control advocate, supported it. - correct answer
✔✔Eugenics
___________________ refers to the act of reclaiming derogatory language/stereotypes/imagery used to
dehumanize/control marginalized people, then redefining/recoding them in ways that are empowering.
An example of this would be when LGBTQ people use the term "queer" as a positive term of
identification that celebrates gender/sexual diversity. - correct answer ✔✔Re-Appropriation
A ___________________ reflects how the physical realities of our lives--our skin color, the land or
concrete we grew up on, our sexual longings--can fuse to create a politic born of necessity. - correct
answer ✔✔theory in the flesh
_________________________ is a suffragette who is celebrated as a national icon and whose face is
even engraved on a U.S. coin for her political achievements, despite her claim that white women are
more suitable for citizenship than black men. - correct answer ✔✔Susan B. Anthony
________________ was the first investigative journalist in the United States and formed the backbone of
the early antilynching movement. - correct answer ✔✔Ida B. Wells
