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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The New Right select which of the following adjectives to describe feminism?
(a) Unrelenting.
(b) Insipid.
(c) Satanic.
(d) Timely.

2. How does the Faludi describe the media's treatment of protests against the Miss America pageant and burning bras?
(a) Faludi states that the media gives greater coverage to the feminist struggle than they give to protests against the Miss America pageant and burning bras.
(b) Faludi states that the media gives greater coverage to both issues than they give to the feminist struggle.
(c) Faludi states that the media gives little coverage to both issues.
(d) Faludi states that the media gives equal coverage to the feminist struggle, protests against the Miss America pageant, and burning bras.

3. Who casts his wife in the demeaning role of an unsmiling female doctor who clutches her book about obsession and compulsion?
(a) James Dearden.
(b) Michael Douglas.
(c) David Mamet.
(d) Adrian Lyne.

4. Select the woman who becomes a popular Christian speaker and broadcaster, and in 1978 publishes The Spirit-Controlled Woman, calling on fundamentalist women to overcome passivity and develop a public voice--all by and for Jesus.
(a) Connaught ("Connie") Marshner.
(b) Phyllis Schlafly.
(c) Faith Whittlesey.
(d) Beverly LaHaye.

5. Backlash is written in which decade?
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1950s.

Short Answer Questions

1. In coining the term "cocooning," Faith Popcorn was seeking to do what according to Faludi?

2. The chapter "Teen Angels and Unwed Witches" turns to which of the following media?

3. If I'm So Wonderful, Why Am I Still Single? (1988) was written by which of the following authors?

4. Women's progress in the military falls after the Carter administration had ushered in a _______________ growth rate.

5. According to Faludi, men's opposition to women's rights and the feminist movement is a source of:

(see the answer key)

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