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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What heritage do Gerbes' daughters have on their father's side?
2. When did Spanish explorer Ruy Lopez de Villalobos claim and name islands for his king that included the island that became known as the Philippines?
3. When was the capital city of the Philippines decimated during the Battle of Manila?
4. Where was Garbes' parents' first apartment in the U.S.?
5. For what exhibition was Manifestor for Maintenance Art a proposal?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Garbes write about mothering and what it taught children about their bodies and needs?
2. What is the Philippines greatest export?
3. What are two ways that Garbes handles times when her toddler refuses to get dressed or wear anything other than a dress that is in the washing machine?
4. What does Garbes believe is the basis of our economic system?
5. What has having children taught Garbes about love being an action verb?
6. What did poet Ocean Vuong say about love for the Vietnamese?
7. What is the Invisible Labor Calculator, and what did Garbes discover her salary would be if she was paid for the hours tending her family and home?
8. What was it like for Garbes' parents when they emigrated from the Philippines?
9. Why did Garbes' mother refuse the domestic worker her mother, Ima, had offered to send with her when she emigrated from the Philippines?
10. What was life like for Garbes before the pandemic?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Exercise is big business in the U.S. What does Garbes believe has been lost as exercise has become big business? How and why does she believe exercise needs to change?
Essay Topic 2
Books can be structured and divided in different ways. How does the structure of a book provide clarity and flow to a narrative? What are section or chapter titles? What are some purposes of chapter titles? How does Garbes use section and chapter titles in Essential Labor?
Essay Topic 3
Care work is seen as low-wage labor. Why is care work seen as low-wage labor? Why should caring for children have a higher priority and pay higher wages?
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