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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. The book backlash claims that which of the following is true?
(a) The gap narrows among Blacks.
(b) The pay gap is reduced because of men's falling wages.
(c) The gap narrows among the college educated.
(d) The gap narrows among Hispanics.

2. 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.

3. Victoria Secret was intended to be the:
(a) Store where women could buy lingerie without the interruptions of men.
(b) Type of store where couples could purchase intimate attire for dress-up fantasies.
(c) Retail store to provide real intimate attire for real women.
(d) Disneyland version of a 19th-century lady's dressing room.

4. Faludi states that in 1986, NBC and Cosmopolitan warn women of three side effects of divorce including:
(a) Loneliness, depression, and childlessness.
(b) Childlessness, bitterness, and financial ruin.
(c) Depression, loneliness, and an empty bank account.
(d) An empty bank account, bitterness, and loneliness.

5. How does the Faludi describe the media's treatment of protests against the Miss America pageant and burning bras?
(a) Faludi states that the media gives greater coverage to the feminist struggle than they give to protests against the Miss America pageant and burning bras.
(b) Faludi states that the media gives equal coverage to the feminist struggle, protests against the Miss America pageant, and burning bras.
(c) Faludi states that the media gives greater coverage to both issues than they give to the feminist struggle.
(d) Faludi states that the media gives little coverage to both issues.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The co-directors of which of the following organizations declare themselves "the psychological arm of the women's movement"?

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

4. All of the following are researchers on the Harvard-Yale marriage study EXCEPT:

5. ***Poet Robert Bly speaks to mostly all-male audiences about healthier views of masculinity in the time of all of the following EXCEPT:

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