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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Faludi states that which of the following is less harmful to women than other forms of plastic surgery?
(a) Tummy tucks.
(b) Breast implants.
(c) Liposuction.
(d) None of the above.

2. Retin-A is approved by the FDA to treat _____________ and is eventually marketed to treat ________.
(a) Acne, acne.
(b) Wrinkles, wrinkles.
(c) Wrinkles, acne.
(d) Acne, wrinkles.

3. The major networks parade tearfully "penitent unwed" women through the media; Faludi highlights examples from all the following networks EXCEPT:
(a) NBC.
(b) ABC.
(c) FOX.
(d) CBS.

4. Why do politicians, journalists, and business leaders claim that women need no more help advancing?
(a) They have returned to traditional roles.
(b) They have surpassed men in their accomplishments.
(c) They have come of age.
(d) They are in the infancy of their independence.

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

6. Newsweek uses the metaphor that women are "______ ________ to be killed by a terrorist" than to _________.
(a) More likely, divorce.
(b) More likely, marry.
(c) Less likely, marry.
(d) Less likely, divorce.

7. 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 little coverage to both issues.
(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 the feminist struggle than they give to protests against the Miss America pageant and burning bras.
(d) Faludi states that the media gives greater coverage to both issues than they give to the feminist struggle.

8. Guess Jeans' advertising campaign is based variously on all the following except:
(a) Fatal Attraction.
(b) Fellini's La Dolce Vita.
(c) Thirty-Something.
(d) Elia Kazan's Baby Doll.

9. Whose design house loses $9.3 million in 1989?
(a) John Weitz.
(b) Calvin Klein.
(c) Christian Lacroix.
(d) Christian Dior.

10. Surveys show that an overwhelming majority of women feel there is still a need for all of the following EXCEPT:
(a) Decent childcare.
(b) The right to abortions.
(c) An Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
(d) Child-rearing courses.

11. Which author publishes a 922-page compendium in which 4,500 women despair about not being treated as equals by mates?
(a) Patricia Craig.
(b) Dr. Srully Blotnick.
(c) No answers are correct.
(d) Shere Hite.

12. According to Backlash, the press uses the Harvard-Yale study to scare women into marrying "just to beat the 'odds'." At the same time, they overlook which of the following types of data?
(a) Women cohabitating at rates twice those of 1970.
(b) Unmarried women believing their lives are "as easy" as married friends.
(c) Census figures showing 1.9 million more never-married men than women.
(d) Better paid women are more likely to marry.

13. Which of the following terms was coined as a part of the backlash?
(a) Mommy syndrome.
(b) Feminism movement.
(c) Biological clock.
(d) Husband shortage.

14. In 1988, Robert Filoso defines the "New Generation" of female beauty with mannequins that are:
(a) Flawless, slender, and shorter.
(b) Taller, more slender, and poutier.
(c) Flawless, shorter, bustier, and wasp-waisted.
(d) All answers are correct.

15. Faludi asserts that a major objective of the attack on feminism is the desire to:
(a) Encourage women to band together.
(b) Break women's political will.
(c) Return to capitalist traditions.
(d) Destroy the family bond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following magazines uses the Harvard-Yale study to sell minis?

2. In Angels 88 screenwriter Brad Markowitz has been ordered to do all of the following except:

3. Select the book that claims that children are worse off when parents divorce.

4. This fragrance initially "celebrates women's liberation" but eventually ran campaigns in which under-aged models were used.

5. In her timeline of women's cosmetic trends, Faludi states that the bright, healthy, athletic look is popular in which era?

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