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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the 1980s all the following firsts are accomplished EXCEPT:
(a) Women outnumber men on unemployment lines.
(b) Women outnumber men in total jobs.
(c) Women outnumber men in college attendance.
(d) The U.S. Census stops defining head of household as the husband.

2. According to Backlash, career women are warned that their choice to delay pregnancy and childbirth are resulting in which of the following?
(a) Greater abortion rates.
(b) Higher miscarriage rates.
(c) Endometriosis.
(d) Higher incidents of birth defects.

3. Which female executive is quoted as saying she hopes companies can treat "career-and-family women" more leniently than "career-primary" women?
(a) Faith Popcorn.
(b) Felice Schwartz.
(c) Bonnie Chambers.
(d) Mary Anne Devanna.

4. Surveys show that an overwhelming majority of women feel there is still a need for all of the following EXCEPT:
(a) Child-rearing courses.
(b) Decent childcare.
(c) The right to abortions.
(d) An Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).

5. What is the complete title of the book, Backlash?
(a) Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women.
(b) Backlash: The Declared War Against American Families.
(c) Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Families.
(d) Backlash: The Declared War Against American Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yankelovich Monitor surveys find that "masculinity" is often defined as a man being a "good provider." This has negative implications for which of the following aspects of the feminist movement?

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

3. Which of the following terms was coined as a part of the backlash?

4. According to Backlash, attacking the feminist movement is accomplished by systematically using which of the following?

5. Why do politicians, journalists, and business leaders claim that women need no more help advancing?

(see the answer key)

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