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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. 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?
(a) No answers are correct.
(b) It finds no gender gap--both men and women are putting family over professional advancement.
(c) It finds a tiny gender gap--with more men than women putting family over professional advancement.
(d) It finds a tiny gender gap--with more women than men putting family over professional advancement.

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?
(a) The "public drubbing" of Geraldine Ferraro.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) The hard-nosed tactics used by the press against any woman candidate.
(d) The anti-activist agenda pushed by Charlene Heatherly.

3. Which female executive is quoted as saying she hopes companies can treat "career-and-family women" more leniently than "career-primary" women?
(a) Mary Anne Devanna.
(b) Bonnie Chambers.
(c) Faith Popcorn.
(d) Felice Schwartz.

4. 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) 2.0 percent.
(b) 0.2 percent.
(c) 20 percent.
(d) 2.2 percent.

5. Part 3, "Origins of a Reaction: Backlash Movers, Shakers, and Thinkers," begins by looking at "The Politics of Resentment: The ___________ War on Women."
(a) American Right's.
(b) New Right's.
(c) Christian Right's.
(d) National Anti-Feminist Movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1989 which Ivy League university commissioned a survey that confirmed the findings of the Fortune magazine research on female MBA students "bailing out"?

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

3. Women become a majority of the electorate in 1984. In 1986 how do they influence national politics?

4. In the 1980s, Faludi makes the point that women are marginalized and can ask for childcare and parental leave only if they forego seeking all of the following except:

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

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