View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Loneliness, depression, and childlessness.
(c) Childlessness, bitterness, and financial ruin.
(d) Depression, loneliness, and an empty bank account.

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

3. Which of the following network replacements is not accurate?
(a) Deborah Norville is replaced by Katie Couric.
(b) Jane Pauley is replaced by Deborah Norville.
(c) Kathleen Sullivan is replaced by Paula Zahn.
(d) Kathleen Sullivan is replaced by Jane Pauley.

4. Christine Craft is demoted for which of the following reasons?
(a) All of the Above.
(b) Being insufficiently deferential to men.
(c) Being too unattractive.
(d) Being too old.

5. Which of the following companies chooses to fight the EEOC's case brought against it?
(a) AT&T.
(b) Sears Roebuck & Co.
(c) General Electric.
(d) General Motors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What three relationship trends increased in the 1950s?

2. 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?

3. What are the findings of the 1987 survey conducted by Fortune magazine on the issue of "bailing out," the term used to describe female MBA students opting for less demanding careers to concentrate on marriage and family?

4. Paul Weyrich is defined by Faludi as all the following EXCEPT:

5. Which of the following women had oversight of the funding from the Women's Educational Equity Act?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 421 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample