AFAS 371 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
In the cafe scene between Furious and Reva, what would otherwise be pro-feminist
stance is rendered feminist _____ as Reva asserts that by raising his son, the furious
has done nothing special, has done nothing that black mothers have not been doing for
years - ANSWER-backlash
Homosexuality is present and ______ from the black man and the black community.
This presence and detachment serves two purposes. First, there is the establishment of
homosexuality as a deviation from and ________ to heterosexual black masculinity.
Class and submerged in a discourse of heterosexual, masculine difference, and is
defined, and subsequently undefined, by the removal of homosexuality and the
_______ of a good, straight black man from a bad, straight black man, a positive image
from a negative image - ANSWER-detached, threat, differentiation
Respectability, as in Kid's responsibility in sexual abstinence and respect to and for his
father, defines the ________ of moral codes, what is acceptable and not acceptable,
what is good or bad - ANSWER-parameters
As the film continues, it becomes clear that the premise of the film, Kid's going to the
party without his father's consent, is ultimately a _______ of his manhood - ANSWER-
test
The presence of homosexuality demonstrates a black masculinity that is _____ between
the heterosexual poles of good and bad - ANSWER-fluid
A House Party is, in fact, a party given in someone's house, but "to House the party"
means to _______ ________ ________, to bum rush it, to take it over - ANSWER-turn
it out
One thing about rappers, unlike a lot of singers, is that the talents required in rapping
lend themselves to acting, in terms of a kind of ______, a kind of mental and verbal
agility, a strong sense of presence - ANSWER-charisma
Musically, in terms of dance, dress, language, I think rap is to our generation what
_____ was to a previous generation. It's more than music, it's a whole cultural _______
statement - ANSWER-jazz, lifestyle
One of the big _____ is that you are constantly petitioning a selection committee to
recognize the merit, whether social or artistic, of the people you want to make the film
about. Because nobody on the selection committee comes from that community,
however, they don't know it, or they don't ______ - ANSWER-frustrations, care
, We decided to address our institutional ______ by creating our own institution to give us
support - ANSWER-disenfranchisement
A hip hop feminist is more than just someone who likes to listen to rap music and feels
conflicted about it. A hip hop feminist is someone who was immersed in hip hop culture
and experiences hip hop as a way of life. Hip hop as a culture, in turn, _______ his or
her world view or approach to life - ANSWER-influences
What has been criticized as a self absorption and an excessive focus on the individual
in most hip hop feminist writings is a really is really a genuine concern and a search for
_____, particularly what it means to be a young woman in often dangerous urban
environments; what it means to be a woman who participates in and loves a culture that
doesn't always love you; and how you deal with it when some of the ________ aimed at
you becomes internalized and affects how you treat others and how you feel about
yourself - ANSWER-meaning, hatred
I have written elsewhere that hip hop culture did not spring up full grown on its own and
that it _____ on other legacies that exist in the culture and the community that we are
not always willing to see. Others have noted that hip hop does not exist in a social-
cultural ______, that as a part of the larger culture it takes on elements of the larger
culture as well - ANSWER-Builds, vacuum
In terms of rap music and hip hop culture, they want to find ways to move ______
counting the amount of times a particular rapper says the word "bitch" or "ho" to a focus
on what they consider to be larger issues and concerns - ANSWER-beyond
And when we talk about the ways in which hip hop videos are similar to pornography,
we cannot have the conversation without looking at the ways in which pornography has
______ the larger culture as well - ANSWER-infiltrated
Which group is presented as the most militant black organization in the USA? -
ANSWER-The black panthers
Passive resistance NOT Black Power is seen as the primary and crucial aspect of the
1960s-70s struggle for civil rights - ANSWER-False
In the documentary the Black Power mixtape, 1968 was a key year because -
ANSWER-Many people had died for the movement
The producers of this documentary were (Black Power mixtape) - ANSWER-Swedish
In the 1950s, movies also began to exploring the teenage angst that led to music's
appeal (mid pg 8 in book) - ANSWER-True
When did break dancing begin to ebb as the premier element of hip hop? (end pg 15 in
book) - ANSWER-mid 1980s
CORRECT ANSWERS
In the cafe scene between Furious and Reva, what would otherwise be pro-feminist
stance is rendered feminist _____ as Reva asserts that by raising his son, the furious
has done nothing special, has done nothing that black mothers have not been doing for
years - ANSWER-backlash
Homosexuality is present and ______ from the black man and the black community.
This presence and detachment serves two purposes. First, there is the establishment of
homosexuality as a deviation from and ________ to heterosexual black masculinity.
Class and submerged in a discourse of heterosexual, masculine difference, and is
defined, and subsequently undefined, by the removal of homosexuality and the
_______ of a good, straight black man from a bad, straight black man, a positive image
from a negative image - ANSWER-detached, threat, differentiation
Respectability, as in Kid's responsibility in sexual abstinence and respect to and for his
father, defines the ________ of moral codes, what is acceptable and not acceptable,
what is good or bad - ANSWER-parameters
As the film continues, it becomes clear that the premise of the film, Kid's going to the
party without his father's consent, is ultimately a _______ of his manhood - ANSWER-
test
The presence of homosexuality demonstrates a black masculinity that is _____ between
the heterosexual poles of good and bad - ANSWER-fluid
A House Party is, in fact, a party given in someone's house, but "to House the party"
means to _______ ________ ________, to bum rush it, to take it over - ANSWER-turn
it out
One thing about rappers, unlike a lot of singers, is that the talents required in rapping
lend themselves to acting, in terms of a kind of ______, a kind of mental and verbal
agility, a strong sense of presence - ANSWER-charisma
Musically, in terms of dance, dress, language, I think rap is to our generation what
_____ was to a previous generation. It's more than music, it's a whole cultural _______
statement - ANSWER-jazz, lifestyle
One of the big _____ is that you are constantly petitioning a selection committee to
recognize the merit, whether social or artistic, of the people you want to make the film
about. Because nobody on the selection committee comes from that community,
however, they don't know it, or they don't ______ - ANSWER-frustrations, care
, We decided to address our institutional ______ by creating our own institution to give us
support - ANSWER-disenfranchisement
A hip hop feminist is more than just someone who likes to listen to rap music and feels
conflicted about it. A hip hop feminist is someone who was immersed in hip hop culture
and experiences hip hop as a way of life. Hip hop as a culture, in turn, _______ his or
her world view or approach to life - ANSWER-influences
What has been criticized as a self absorption and an excessive focus on the individual
in most hip hop feminist writings is a really is really a genuine concern and a search for
_____, particularly what it means to be a young woman in often dangerous urban
environments; what it means to be a woman who participates in and loves a culture that
doesn't always love you; and how you deal with it when some of the ________ aimed at
you becomes internalized and affects how you treat others and how you feel about
yourself - ANSWER-meaning, hatred
I have written elsewhere that hip hop culture did not spring up full grown on its own and
that it _____ on other legacies that exist in the culture and the community that we are
not always willing to see. Others have noted that hip hop does not exist in a social-
cultural ______, that as a part of the larger culture it takes on elements of the larger
culture as well - ANSWER-Builds, vacuum
In terms of rap music and hip hop culture, they want to find ways to move ______
counting the amount of times a particular rapper says the word "bitch" or "ho" to a focus
on what they consider to be larger issues and concerns - ANSWER-beyond
And when we talk about the ways in which hip hop videos are similar to pornography,
we cannot have the conversation without looking at the ways in which pornography has
______ the larger culture as well - ANSWER-infiltrated
Which group is presented as the most militant black organization in the USA? -
ANSWER-The black panthers
Passive resistance NOT Black Power is seen as the primary and crucial aspect of the
1960s-70s struggle for civil rights - ANSWER-False
In the documentary the Black Power mixtape, 1968 was a key year because -
ANSWER-Many people had died for the movement
The producers of this documentary were (Black Power mixtape) - ANSWER-Swedish
In the 1950s, movies also began to exploring the teenage angst that led to music's
appeal (mid pg 8 in book) - ANSWER-True
When did break dancing begin to ebb as the premier element of hip hop? (end pg 15 in
book) - ANSWER-mid 1980s
