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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. According to Faludi, the pay gap in 1986 is actually what?
(a) $.20 on the dollar.
(b) $.70 on the dollar.
(c) No answers are correct.
(d) $.64 cents on the dollar.

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

3. In 1988, at every level, writes Faludi, women candidates above the state legislature are at record low numbers and those who run generally lose. What does Faludi blame for this trend?
(a) The anti-activist agenda pushed by Charlene Heatherly.
(b) The hard-nosed tactics used by the press against any woman candidate.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) The "public drubbing" of Geraldine Ferraro.

4. In the summer following the 1988 election, which women's organization held a conference at which a motion passes to discuss a third political party?
(a) National Organization for Women.
(b) Eagle Forum.
(c) Women's Agenda Conference.
(d) Concerned Women for America.

5. After the pop media launches its assault on single womanhood and increasing divorce numbers, what does Faludi quote as the percent drop in divorce rates?
(a) 20 percent.
(b) 2.0 percent.
(c) 0.2 percent.
(d) 2.2 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is not a goal of the New Right?

2. Which of the following network replacements is not accurate?

3. How does the Faludi describe the media's treatment of protests against the Miss America pageant and burning bras?

4. Which of the following women is a Harvard-educated lawyer and author of nine books who twice runs for Congress?

5. The book backlash claims that which of the following is true?

(see the answer key)

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