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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. NBC and ABC use which of the following to undercut women's efforts to organize?
(a) Promotion of corporate faithfuls only.
(b) Threats and harassment.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Layoffs.

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

3. Which of the following occur following Reagan's second term in office?
(a) A greater number of conservative women begin to support the Democratic candidates.
(b) The New Right criticizes Reagan for not supporting its agenda more strongly during his first term.
(c) The number of female appointments drops below the level achieved during Reagan's first term.
(d) No answers are correct.

4. Part 3, "Origins of a Reaction: Backlash Movers, Shakers, and Thinkers," begins by looking at "The Politics of Resentment: The ___________ War on Women."
(a) New Right's.
(b) Christian Right's.
(c) National Anti-Feminist Movement.
(d) American Right's.

5. In 1980 sex discrimination and other kinds of complaints filed before which agency climbs twenty-five to forty percent?
(a) The EEOC.
(b) The ERA.
(c) NOW.
(d) No answers are correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Carol Gilligan's criticism of Lawrence Kohlberg's six-stage ladder?

2. "It's All in Your Mind" looks at ¬¬_______________ in the 1980s backlash.

3. In the 1980 presidential election, the only clear differentiation from the Democrats comes when the Republicans do what according to Faludi?

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

5. Chapter 13, "The Wages of the Backlash" shows all of the following undermining the progress women make in the 1970s EXCEPT:

(see the answer key)

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