The Second Sex Quizzes

The Second Sex Quiz

1 Which theory does de Beauvoir criticize for promoting the assumption of sexual difference in nature?
Freud’s theory of sexual phases

Sartre’s existentialism

Engels’ historical materialism

Platonic myth
2 According to de Beauvoir, what most fundamentally guides human values?
Transcendence toward being

Biology

Sexuality

Historical trajectory
3 Which of the following are NOT terms de Beauvoir uses to define women in relation to men?
The Other

Inessential

The Object

The Self
4 According to Engels, women’s role today was shaped primarily by which of the following factors?
Private property

Domesticity

Childbearing

Sexuality
5 Which phase does Freud believe distinguishes men from women?
Genital

Anal

None

Oral
6 What does Plato believe about the origins of humanity?
Gender is a construct

Three genders exist

One being split in two genders

Naturally two different genders
7 To what groups does de Beauvoir NOT compare women, given their condition as the oppressed in society?
Children

The proletariat

African Americans

Jews
8 In what terms does de Beauvoir hope to define women’s possibilities in society?
Intelligence

Freedom

Happiness

Wealth
9 Which leftist figure does de Beauvoir criticize for failing to integrate feminism into his political theories?
Hegel

Sartre

Freud

Proudhon
10 In which ancient society does de Beauvoir concede women had unusual levels of freedom after marriage?
Rome

Persia

Greece

Egypt
11 What is one dilemma de Beauvoir does NOT cite for women's struggles in the labor force?
Reproduction vs production

Suffrage

Lack of unions

Low wages
12 What are two requirements for women to achieve true freedom?
Abstract rights and concrete possibilities

Family and career

Education and wealth

Suffrage and representation
13 Where does de Beauvoir believe feminism has been most complete?
Revolutionary France

Soviet Russia

The United States

Ancient Greece
14 Which religion does de Beauvoir cite as institutionalizing the fear of women's sexuality?
Catholicism

Christianity

Judaism

Islam
15 What two factors explain the evolution of women's condition in society?
Participation in production and freedom from reproductive slavery

Development of education and writing of laws

Invention of new technology and institutionalization of private property

Family values and religious beliefs
16 What analogy does de Beauvoir use to explain women’s struggles in the labor force?
Child labor in Africa

Black labor force in the US

Jewish ghettos in France

Soldiers at war
17 What ideology does de Beauvoir credit for favoring women's liberation?
Socialism

Anarchism

Liberalism

Conservatism
18 In which social milieu could women assert themselves in the 18th century?
Home

Arts

Farming

Healthcare
19 How did the French revolution affect women's liberation?
Stayed the same

Impossible to say

Worsened

Improved
20 Which 18th century values advanced women's liberation?
Socialist and feminist

Romantic and cultural

Democratic and individualist

Revolutionary and anarchist
21 What kinds of women achieved artistic prominence in the 18th century?
Elite

Well-educated

Unmarried

Actresses
22 What profession did NOT become more socially prominent for women in the 18th century?
Prostitute

Courtesan

Painter

Actress
23 How could women achieve abstract rights before the 19th century?
Writing novels

Escaping the family

Working

Protesting
24 What big shift led men to take on the role of the "creative force" in society?
Reproduction

Private property

War

Religion
25 How did men react to the female idols worshipped in primitive societies?
Fear

Acceptance

Love

Hate

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