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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which organization's findings do not support the idea of a "baby boomlet" among career women?
(a) Census Bureau data.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) Annual surveys by professional organizations.
(d) Time magazine research.

2. According to Faludi, how are female characters treated in morality tales?
(a) Good mothers win, and independent women are punished.
(b) Good mothers are punished, and independent women win.
(c) Good mothers win, and single women are always envious of those in traditional roles.
(d) Women are not judged according to their lifestyle choices.

3. Which 1980s movie is credited for fueling a "monogamy trend" and "reinvigorating marriage"?
(a) Flashdance.
(b) 9 ½- weeks.
(c) Fatal Attraction.
(d) Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York.

4. In Part 1 of Backlash, "Myths and Flashbacks" which of the following myths is analyzed?
(a) Feminist Satisfactions.
(b) Fertility Booms.
(c) Man Shortages.
(d) Family Upheavals.

5. An analogy is made between heiress Patricia Hearst and many female characters of the 1980s. Which of the following expresses the comparison?
(a) Being bound, blindfolded, and lacking identity to symbolize having to flee the office for marriage and motherhood.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) Carrying a light load in a backpack to symbolize the ease with which committed women face motherhood.
(d) Having two heavy weights in each hand to symbolize the choice between marriage and single womanhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. The "Big Lie" joins ____________ to the "dime-store moralism of yesteryear."

2. 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?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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