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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Housewifery Expands to Fill the Time Available.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was so terrifying to women not about to be married?
(a) Knowing they will never achieve their goals.
(b) Being childless and alone.
(c) Not knowing what they were going to do with their lives.
(d) Not fitting in with social requirements.

2. What did Freud believe of his studies when he had passed away?
(a) That his deductions about the female psyche were complete.
(b) All of these.
(c) That his word was law and answered all questions.
(d) That he was the leading word on the subject.

3. What was the common thread between all the women that Mrs. Friedan interviewed?
(a) They all had found fulfillment outside of the home.
(b) They all weren't fulltime housewives.
(c) All of these.
(d) They all had passions and knew what they wanted.

4. Why does an educator have to be daring to suggest non-conformity in regards to sex based education?
(a) They have to disagree with the leading psychologists and psychotherapists.
(b) They have to challenge authority.
(c) They have to defy conventional educators.
(d) They have to challenge the conventional image of femininity.

5. What was interesting to note about women who didn't consider housework their fulltime job?
(a) They didn't undergo extensive psychotherapy.
(b) They seemed a lot more fulfilled.
(c) They completed it faster than those that did.
(d) They didn't do as much housework as those that did.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the functionalist's primary concern?

2. By what percent did the rate of teenage mothers increase between 1940 and 1957?

3. What is the most powerful perpetuator(s) of the feminine mystique?

4. What was considered 'real' life?

5. Who was always blamed for the neurosis of men?

(see the answer key)

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