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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Faludi in Chapter 1, all of the following attack feminists EXCEPT:
(a) Clergy.
(b) Journalists.
(c) School teachers.
(d) Politicians.

2. In the late 1980s, circulation of traditional women's magazines is down sharply with Good Housekeeping the worst off and Working Woman the best off. To what does Faludi attribute the relative success of Working Woman?
(a) The magazine is concentrating on career women's needs.
(b) Working Woman has a better system of distribution.
(c) Executives at Working Woman focus on traditional female roles, which is what readers want.
(d) Surveys show that Working Woman has many more loyal readers.

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

4. What outlet first declares that women's chances of conceiving drops not after age forty but after thirty?
(a) U.S. Census Bureau.
(b) U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.
(c) French researchers Schwartz and Mayaux.
(d) The New England Journal of Medicine.

5. Another blow to the feminist movement comes when the Supreme Court moves towards which of the following actions?
(a) Striking down the Equal Rights Amendment.
(b) Reconsidering abortion rights.
(c) Removing all gender-neutral policies from public laws.
(d) Removing gender-based arguments from its hearings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Surveys show that an overwhelming majority of women feel there is still a need for all of the following EXCEPT:

2. When women boo Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York, Faludi sees this as an indication that women want to embrace single womanhood. She says this because of which of the following?

3. What three relationship trends increased in the 1950s?

4. In the book Backlash, attackers of the feminist movement are described as working to put women back in their "proper" place _________________ and __________.

5. Which 1980s movie is credited for fueling a "monogamy trend" and "reinvigorating marriage"?

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