Society and Inequality in Eurasia/North Africa, 500 B.C.E.

Chapter 5: Considering the Evidence Documents Quiz

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1. What reason does Ban Zhou advance in support of the education of girls?

They can secure better jobs outside of the home.

They can better understand their roles in marriage.

They can read Confucius and Daoist authors in order to increase their virtues.

They can live independently if their husband dies before them.

Correct. The answer is b. Women required education to understand their roles in marriage and the rites that regulate marriage.

Incorrect. The answer is b. Women required education to understand their roles in marriage and the rites that regulate marriage.

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2. In what way does the protagonist in the Sumangala Mother poem (Document 5.2) challenge the established social order?

By cutting her hair short.

By begging for food despite coming from an elite family.

By expressing her dissatisfaction with fulfilling her roles as a wife.

By refusing to marry as her family wished.

Correct. The answer is c. Her complaints about the drudgery of house work and the brutality of her husband criticize the roles of women in the established social order.

Incorrect. The answer is c. Her complaints about the drudgery of house work and the brutality of her husband criticize the roles of women in the established social order.

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3. What core Buddhist teaching does the following lines from A Former Courtesan (Document 5.2) reflect?

The pathway to salvation is only open to those who serve the poor.

One must embrace the material world to achieve happiness.

The pathway to salvation is best followed through fulfilling ones caste duties.

One must abandon the ties of this world to achieve happiness and spiritual development.

Correct. The answer is d. By cutting off her hair which represents personal vanity, the author of this poem seeks to break her ties with the material world and live a life of poverty as the Buddha advocated.

Incorrect. The answer is d. By cutting off her hair which represents personal vanity, the author of this poem seeks to break her ties with the material world and live a life of poverty as the Buddha advocated.

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4. Which of the following do both Cato and Lucius Valerius agree about concerning Roman women?

Men have complete authority over the women in their families.

Women should be encouraged to publicly petition the government on issues of concern to them.

Regardless of the law Roman husbands should stop their wives from wearing luxury goods.

Although the law was unfair, the women who protested had to be harshly punished because they threatened social order.

Correct. The answer is a. While Valerius is more inclined to grant women the right to come forth publicly and petition in the manner that they did with regard to the Oppian laws, he largely agrees with Cato about the authority that men should have over women in Roman society.

Incorrect. The answer is a. While Valerius is more inclined to grant women the right to come forth publicly and petition in the manner that they did with regard to the Oppian laws, he largely agrees with Cato about the authority that men should have over women in Roman society.

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5. Which of the following best reflects Ban Zhao's instructions for women concerning their mothers–in-law in Lessons for Women (Document 5.1)?

A daughter-in-law must submit to the mother-in-law in the kitchen but not the rest of the house.

A daughter-in-law must show respect to her mother-in-law but at the same time assert her control over her household.

A daughter-in-law must submit to her husband but has no obligation to her mother-in-law.

A daughter-in-law must submit unfailingly to her mother-in-law's commands.

Correct. The answer is d. Whether the mother-in-law is right or not, the duty of the daughter-in-law was to obey.

Incorrect. The answer is d. Whether the mother-in-law is right or not, the duty of the daughter-in-law was to obey.

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