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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. In the late 1980s, circulation of traditional women's magazines is down sharply with Good Housekeeping the worst off and Working Woman the best off. To what does Faludi attribute the relative success of Working Woman?
(a) The magazine is concentrating on career women's needs.
(b) Working Woman has a better system of distribution.
(c) Executives at Working Woman focus on traditional female roles, which is what readers want.
(d) Surveys show that Working Woman has many more loyal readers.

2. In the 1980 presidential election, the only clear differentiation from the Democrats comes when the Republicans do what according to Faludi?
(a) Put forth an anti-abortion platform.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Oppose the ERA.
(d) Revoke the Equal Pay Act

3. Which of these is not a goal of the New Right?
(a) A ban on all abortions.
(b) Revocation of the Equal Pay Act.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Censoring of birth control information.

4. NBC and ABC use which of the following to undercut women's efforts to organize?
(a) Promotion of corporate faithfuls only.
(b) Threats and harassment.
(c) Layoffs.
(d) All answers are correct.

5. The book backlash claims that which of the following is true?
(a) The gap narrows among the college educated.
(b) The pay gap is reduced because of men's falling wages.
(c) The gap narrows among Hispanics.
(d) The gap narrows among Blacks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Part 2 of the book The Backlash in Popular Culture looks at trends in all the following media EXCEPT:

3. The New Right select which of the following adjectives to describe feminism?

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?

5. Faludi presents Ms. Magazine as a media outlet that has abandoned its flagship status as a supporter of the feminist movement. She writes that the magazine returns to its roots only after what happens?

(see the answer key)

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