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The Feminine Mystique Quiz

Betty Friedan
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The Feminine Mystique Quiz

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1)

What is necessary for the women to be happy in their lives, according to Mirra? (from Chapter 6, The Functional Freeze, the Feminine Protest, and Margaret Mead)

They must find themselves first.
They must embrace their role as women.
They must remain infantile.
They must reproduce.
2)

Why was it hard for Betty to start her second book? (from Epilogue)

Her first book had her so poorly received, she didn't want a second one.
All of these.
She couldn't find any new patterns in society beyond the feminine mystique.
She had already gained her fame and made her contribution to society.
3)

Where were young women's passions lying after the suffrage? (from Chapter 7, The Sex Directed Educators)

In traveling the world.
In getting engaged before graduating college.
In getting married before graduating college.
In getting a career.
4)

Which tribe do men and women assume masculine roles? (from Chapter 6, The Functional Freeze, the Feminine Protest, and Margaret Mead)

Tchambuli
Tarapesh.
Mundugumor.
Arapesh.
5)

Why does an educator have to be daring to suggest non-conformity in regards to sex based education? (from Chapter 7, The Sex Directed Educators)

They have to defy conventional educators.
They have to disagree with the leading psychologists and psychotherapists.
They have to challenge the conventional image of femininity.
They have to challenge authority.
6)

What year was the survey published for electrical appliances? (from Chapter 9, The Sexual Sell)

1945.
1942.
1940.
1944.
7)

Why couldn't Betty operate as a suburban housewife anymore if she had wanted to? (from Epilogue)

Her kids were kicked out of the carpool.
All of these.
She had become a leper in her own suburb.
She was no longer invited out to the dinner parties.
8)

What did NOW stand for? (from Epilogue)

National Organization for Women.
Nationally Oppressed Women.
Nationally Organized Women.
National Organization of Women.
9)

How did women seek to fill the void that their lack of self created? (from Chapter 8, The Mistaken Choice)

Neither of these.
They turned to their husbands.
Both of these.
They turned to their children.
10)

How is spinsterhood viewed? (from Chapter 7, The Sex Directed Educators)

As a respected way of life.
As a noble sacrifice.
As an awesome responsibility to the nation.
As a personal tragedy.
11)

How did Andras Angyal describe this weakness? (from Chapter 12, Progressive Dehumanization: The Comfortable Concentration Camp)

A neurotic evasion of growth.
None of these.
A psychotic evasion of growth,
A social evasion of growth.
12)

What need is deeply set within human nature? (from Chapter 9, The Sexual Sell)

Neither of these.
To find the answers to life's most pressing questions.
To have a meaningful place in a group that strives for meaningful social goals.
Both of these.
13)

What is unlikely to happen without education? (from Chapter 7, The Sex Directed Educators)

Women are likely to have children at younger ages.
Women are not likely to develop deep interests outside their biology.
All of these.
Women are likely to marry younger and younger.
14)

What did the feminists see most clearly? (from Chapter 13, The Forfeited Self)

That women were equal in the necessary fight for individuality.
That the outdated view of feminine behavior would lead to social deterioration.
All of these.
That education and the right to participate in advanced society were what was most needed.
15)

What does Parsons find in sexual segregation? (from Chapter 6, The Functional Freeze, the Feminine Protest, and Margaret Mead)

It is archaic.
It is functional.
It is necessary.
It is integral.
16)

What is the key problem in promiscuity? (from Chapter 11, The Sex Seekers)

Low self esteem.
Conditioning by the parents.
High self esteem.
Boredom.
17)

Women's chances at happiness in marriage _______ as their career participation ________ . (from Chapter 13, The Forfeited Self)

increased, increased.
decreased, decreased.
increased, decreased.
decreased, increased.
18)

Wives became __________________. (from Chapter 10, Housewifery Expands to Fill the Time Available)

Know it alls.
Experts.
All of these.
Complete dominators of the household activities.
19)

What is the simple definition of the problem that has no name? (from Chapter 14, A New Life Plan for Women)

The lack of work outside the home for housewives.
The possibility of work outside the home.
American woman are kept from realizing their potential.
The lack of educational facilities outside the home for housewives.
20)

What gave the women the strength to stand up for other women? (from Epilogue)

That they were doing it for their fellow sex.
The fact that they were doing it for themselves.
That they were doing it for their children's children.
That they were doing it for their children.
21)

Who was always blamed for the neurosis of men? (from Chapter 8, The Mistaken Choice)

Their jobs and careers.
Their mothers and wives.
Their sisters and brothers.
Their education and ambitions.
22)

In 1948, what was the percentage of men that had had some homosexual experience? (from Chapter 11, The Sex Seekers)

Thirty-seven.
Twenty-two.
Thirty-eight.
Twenty-eight.
23)

What was really difficult to sell? (from Chapter 9, The Sexual Sell)

Sterling silver.
Electronics.
Dishwashers.
Gold plated dishes.
24)

What do women seek in their men? (from Chapter 11, The Sex Seekers)

Sex.
Security.
Marriage.
Trust.
25)

What happened following Margaret's work? (from Chapter 6, The Functional Freeze, the Feminine Protest, and Margaret Mead)

Making babies took on a cultish meaning.
Women glorified their own femininity.
Women found no other ways to create.
All of these.
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