Countercultures

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Countercultures - Quiz

1) In the Port Huron Statement, SDS:

announced their effort to organize white unemployed youths
reported on the student riots at the Berkeley University, California
criticized the political system of the United States
called for rebellions against the draft at the universities across the country

2) Mario Savio, the student activist:

organized the first teach-in against the war in Vietnam
led the students' riot at the Berkeley University, California
was the spokesman of the SDS
was the leader of the Weatherman faction

3) The first riot at Berkeley University was a reaction to:

the administration's ban to organize political activities on campus property
the excessive police brutality
the universities supplying student's class rankings, used to determine who was to be drafted
Nixon's decision to attack Cambodia

4) The hawks supported the war and president Johnson.

True
False

5) The first public burning of the draft card was organized:

after President Johnson doubled the number of men to be drafted per month in July 1965
at the Berkeley by Mario Savio in October 1964
during the March on Pentagon in October 1967
none of the above

6) The March on Pentagon in October 1967:

followed the invasion on Cambodia and the Kent State Crisis
ended in a tragedy, when National Guardsmen killed four protesters
marked the beginning of the end for American involvement in Vietnam
led to the closing of most national universities

7) The Yippies, a hierarchically organized faction of the hippies, were notorious for bizarre acts of civil disobedience.

True
False

8) Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman:

organized antiwar protests in Washington
both committed suicide
are the authors of the Port Huron Statement
organized the Festival of Life

9) The Chicago Seven was:

a group of politically engaged artists who organized antiwar protests in Chicago in 1968
the name for seven-day strike at the University of Chicago
the name for legal proceedings in which protest leaders Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin were charged with violation of the Anti-Riot Act
the movement of students who organized rallies, marches, sit-ins and teach-ins

10) In her book 'The Feminine Mystique' , Betty Friedan condemned the male-dominated society of the day and encouraged her readers to seek new roles and responsibilities and to find their own personal and professional identities.

True
False

11) National Organization for Women (NOW) did NOT:

focus on legal change
organize 'consciousness-raising' groups for women to urge revolutionary transformation
demand equal pay, legal equality, and sufficient support services for working women
participate in the Women's Strike for Equality

12) After the the Civil Rights Act passed in 1964:

the first presidential Commission on the Status of Women was established
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was established
Betty Friedan published 'The Feminine Mystique'
all of the above

13) The Kinsey Report was significant because:

for the first time women expressed their demands for equality
it documented how Americans' sexual behavior deviated from their widely accepted norms
it invited men and women to accept homosexuality
it gave the explanation of the growing 'free love' phenomenon

14) The sexual revolution of the 1960s did NOT include:

an increased number of sexual partners
the usage of oral contraceptives
renaissance of the institution of marriage
awareness of sexually transmmitted diseases

15) Sexual speech refers to:

a public space where it is allowed to discuss patterns of sexual behavior, to portray sexuality
talk used during sex
the form of expression considered inappropriate, such as hip movements by Elvis Presley
studies of human sexuality conducted during the 1960s

16) The group that especially popularized the usage of drugs were:

the hippies
the beatniks
the yippies
all of the above

17) Psychedelics are:

musicians who played psychedelic rock
drugs that come from natural sources, such as mescaline and marijuana
a group of drugs that affects person's perceptions, sensations, thinking, self-awareness and emotions
synthetic drugs, such as LSD

18) LSD:

impairs short-term memory
can be eaten raw, cooked or made into a drink
was legal in the USA until 1963
can cause frightening emotional and mood swings

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