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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. Which of the following occur following Reagan's second term in office?
(a) The number of female appointments drops below the level achieved during Reagan's first term.
(b) The New Right criticizes Reagan for not supporting its agenda more strongly during his first term.
(c) A greater number of conservative women begin to support the Democratic candidates.
(d) No answers are correct.

2. Which of the following women had oversight of the funding from the Women's Educational Equity Act?
(a) Charlene Heatherly.
(b) Faith Whittlesey.
(c) Jeane Kirkpatrick.
(d) Leslie Wolfe.

3. In 1980 sex discrimination and other kinds of complaints filed before which agency climbs twenty-five to forty percent?
(a) No answers are correct.
(b) The EEOC.
(c) NOW.
(d) The ERA.

4. Which organization's findings do not support the idea of a "baby boomlet" among career women?
(a) Time magazine research.
(b) Annual surveys by professional organizations.
(c) Census Bureau data.
(d) No answers are correct.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Christine Craft is demoted for which of the following reasons?

4. In the 1980 presidential election, the only clear differentiation from the Democrats comes when the Republicans do what according to Faludi?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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