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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. Who is Lisa Bloom's mother?

2. What company cut off its contract with Ashley Judd following her reading of a feminist poem at the January 2017 Women's March?

3. Who wrote the feminist poem that opens "I'm a nasty woman" and was read by Ashley Judd at the Women's March?

4. How old was Zelda Perkins when she began working for Weinstein in 1995?

5. Who was the New York Times opinion columnist that had written the foreward for Ashley Judd's autobiography?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is an "NDA" and why are they important in this story?

2. Who is Dean Baquet and how is his professional history described?

3. Who is Gloria Allred? Why did Megan Twohey contact her?

4. How did Gwyneth Paltrow describe Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment toward her?

5. Who is Lanny Davis? What was his connection to Weinstein during the writing of the story for the NY Times?

6. What led Zelda Perkins to leave working for Harvey Weinstein?

7. How did Ashley Judd describe her encounters with Harvey Weinstein to the authors?

8. Where did Ashley Judd attend college and graduate school? What did she study?

9. How does the current legal system serve to silence victims of sexual harassment and abuse?

10. Who is Megan Twohey and how is her history in journalism described in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the concept and theme of collective action as it is explored in She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement. What is meant by "collective action"? Why is it important in sexual harassment and abuse cases in particular? How is collective action demonstrated in the narrative of the New York Times' publication of the article exposing Weinstein's alleged crimes?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the enablers of Weinstein's alleged crimes. Who at Miramax and The Weinstein Company were aware of Harvey Weinstein's alleged misconduct toward women? Who knew of the settlements Weinstein had reached? Why did these individuals stay silent? Who among them spoke out against Weinstein?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the criminal charges that were brought against Harvey Weinstein following the story in the New York Times of alleged sexual misconduct. When was Weinstein charged? What were the charges? What is the current state of Weinstein's trial(s)?

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