Arizona State University IDS313. Module 4 Quiz Questions and correct answers.

Question 1
There were a few oral history projects conducted in the earlier part of the twentieth century
that alludes to enslaved people being forced to reproduce in order to bring the owner capital.
One of the biggest projects was conducted under what auspices?

 The WPA during the Great Depression
 The Civil Rights Movement
 Right after Emancipation
 During Jim Crow

Question 2
If a White woman in the antebellum south has wealth, beauty, and is accomplished yet lacks
_____________ she is considered not worthy.

 sexual charisma
 virtue
 a husband
 property

Question 3
What was considered a highly stigmatized issue for White women in the Antebellum South?

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 proving
 not having a dowry
 having a baby and not being married

Question 4
According to Allain, there is evidence to support the notion some White women in the
Antebellum South forcibly coerced Enslaved men into sexual relations.

 True
 False

Question 5
A common way that White women used to sexually control enslaved men was to do what?

 imply or threaten to imply they were raped by the enslaved man
 defy the color line and date an enslaved man
 the promise of money
 the ability to ensure compliance simply from ownership


Question 6

, According to Foster, the rape of slave men has also gone unacknowledged because of the
current and historical tendency to do what related to rape?

 discount it as a crime
 analyze it related to sexual desire
 define it along gendered lines
 allow people to discuss the violence they experienced

Question 7
The fixation of Black male genitalia related to slavery often resulted in what type of
punishment?

 castration and other genital mutilations
 whippings
 separation from family
 taboo emulation

Question 8
Slavery violated the masculinity of black men on several levels but one pronounced violation,
according to Foster, was what?

 Introduced them to Christianity
 Polygamy was denied to them
 An inherent disposition to avoid conflict
 They were denied the ability to protect vulnerable female dependents.

Question 9
Select the reason that was NOT provided by Foster for the reasons male rape and sexual
exploitation in American slavery has not been fully explored in the academic research and
discourse.

 lack of evidence in the slave narratives and historical record
 Stigmatization of male sexual passivity
 Homophobia
 No possible biological offspring in the wider exploitation of male on male rape and
abuse

Question 10
Enslaved lighter skinned and physically strong men were more likely to be sexually abused and
exploited in American slavery.

 True
 False