Backlash: The Undeclared War against American Women Short Question Test Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Part 1: Chapter 1

1. What is the complete title of the book, Backlash?

Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women.

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

School teachers.

3. Backlash is written in which decade?

1980s.

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

Contemporary.

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

Popular culture.

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

Psychologically, physically.

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

They have come of age.

8. Surveys show that an overwhelming majority of women feel there is still a need for all of...
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