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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Faludi asserts that under the Reagan administration which of the following are pressured to generate data that fit the war on women's independence?
(a) U.S. Department of Education statisticians.
(b) U.S. Census Bureau demographers.
(c) University researchers.
(d) Media organizations receiving federal grants.

3. Faludi notes that after Reagan becomes president, which of the following are among the political victims?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) The Equal Rights Amendment.
(c) The Vice President.
(d) The Office of Domestic Violence.

4. Select the book that claims that children are worse off when parents divorce.
(a) The Little Ones.
(b) After Divorce.
(c) Parents Choices.
(d) Second Chance.

5. According to Backlash, attacking the feminist movement is accomplished by systematically using which of the following?
(a) Popular culture.
(b) Grassroots movements of husbands and fathers.
(c) No answers are correct.
(d) Research on children's opinions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Faludi asserts that the decade's only real infertility epidemic is among young _____ women and is caused largely by the failure to treat ______ early on.

2. After Reagan's accession to the presidency, Faludi writes that the two political parties do which of the following?

3. According to Faludi in Chapter 1, all of the following attack feminists EXCEPT:

4. The author writes that the feminist movement is blamed for all the evil in ________ society.

5. Another blow to the feminist movement comes when the Supreme Court moves towards which of the following actions?

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