Midterm Exam Study Guide
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Instructions
Please make the effort to study and prepare for the multiple-choice midterm exam. Students will
only have from Tuesday March 9, 2021 to Wednesday March 10, 2021 to complete the exam.
Any questions or concerns email Professor Zepeda,
azeped27@calstatela.edu
. When the exam
opens, I will select 10 multiple choice questions from the study guide. Please keep in mind that
there is no extension for this assignment. This is a high-stake exam worth 30 points.
Possible Multiple-Choice Questions (Study Guide)
01. According to Diana Washington’s report, the murder of Alexandra Flores made her realize
that El Paso, Texas became what? (Alicia Gaspar de Alba) El
paso has become a dumping
ground for convicted sex offenders from other parts of the state
02
.
Explain the caveat added in the August reforms to the penal code. (Alicia Gaspar de Alba)
the reform dimished the punishment for rape to one to six years in the case that the victim led the
attacker on and then later refused to go through with the sex act.
03. Explain the accusation within
Nustras Hijas
(Our Daughters) and its primarily based on
what? (Alicia Gaspar de Alba)
problems based on social class arose due to families of the victims
being all poor or working class whereas those who raise funds and advocated were rich or
middle-class women. Being accused of using the femicides to draw public attention to their
feminist causes and to make money for their organization
.
04. Explain the author’s counter argument of cyberspace with her example of “rape”. (Alicia
Gaspar de Alba)
she basically says that because of the internet everything is made available from
pornography to a free range of pictures with girls.
05. The author’s college-age female (straight and lesbian) students at UCLA fear what from
the
Tres
Marias Syndrome (Three Marias Syndrome) and even worse fear what else? (Alicia
Gaspar de Alba
) they are scared of being seen as whores, bad women or bad daughters for
enjoying sex with their boyfriends or even worse for desiring other women
06. Jane Caputi and Diana E. H. Russell’s rubrics underscore what fact? (Alicia Gaspar de Alba)
for understanding the wide parameters of what constitutes femicide in a patriarchal society helps
unde3rscore one fact whether the victims in Juárez died at the hands of serial killers, sadistic
policemen or husbands or boyfriends- they are all victims of femicide.
07. Explain Emma Perez argument of NAFTA’s chapter 11 provision. (Alicia Gaspar de Alba)
08. During the Guatemalan conflict (36-year civil war), how did a generation of young men
indoctrinated? (Angelica Chazaro, Jennifer Casey, and Katherine Ruhl)
they were taught
violence taught how to use sexual violence as a weapon
09. Sexual violence reinforced the notion of what? (Angelica Chazaro, Jennifer Casey, and
Katherine Ruhl)
reinforced the notion of women as men’s servants sexually and otherwise
10. If violence against women occurs in a family setting, the perpetrator can be charged only if
what? (Angelica Chazaro, Jennifer Casey, and Katherine Ruhl
) if signs of physical injury from
the abuse persist for ten days
11. How is rape determined under the Guatemalan Criminal Code and Article 200? (Angelica
Chazaro, Jennifer Casey, and Katherine Ruhl
) a man is allowed to marry his victim to escape
prosecution
12. Explain the percentage used to criticize the PNC of what by Renato Duran. (Angelica
Chazaro, Jennifer Casey, and Katherine Ruhl) the
percentage was to expand on and support the
argument of poor police work and lack of forensic evidence.
13. Explain the argument by the co-authors of why the PNC is targeting gangs (maras). Make
sure to link the argument with the femicides of Guatemala? (Angelica Chazaro, Jennifer Casey,
and Katherine Ruhl
) targeting the gang members because they are rumored to be behind the
femicides.
14. According to the Guatemalan Historical Clarification Commission, what did they find out
about the military tribunals and ordinary justice system that is linked to impunity? (Angelica
Chazaro, Jennifer Casey, and Katherine Ruhl)
they were incapable of investigating trying
judging and punishing even a small number of those responsible for the most serious human
rights crimes, or of providing protection to the victims
.
15. What is the co-author’s argument against Guatemalan President Oscar Berger and the
Supreme Court President Beatriz de Leon’s public statements as explained in the proposed
“concrete steps”? (Angelica Chazaro, Jennifer Casey, and Katherine Ruhl)
their argument is
words don’t mean anything they need to see action and resources otherwise public statements
and commissions provide scant relief to the women like rodi or Claudina who continue to be
abused and murdered on the basis of their genders.
Materials Needed
1. Alicia Gaspar De Alba reading.
2. Angelica Chazaro, Jennifer Casey, and Katherine Ruhl reading.
Time Frame
The midterm exam will open Tuesday March 9, 2021 and close Wednesday March 10, 2021. No
exceptions make sure to schedule accordingly.
Criteria for Success
The midterm exam is a high-stake assignment worth 30 points. You will be required to answer
ten questions worth 3 points each.
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