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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following women bets a male reporter that she will marry by forty?
(a) Diane Doe.
(b) Elia Kazan.
(c) Cecelia Gouge.
(d) Patsy Howell.

2. How does the Faludi describe the media's treatment of protests against the Miss America pageant and burning bras?
(a) Faludi states that the media gives greater coverage to the feminist struggle than they give to protests against the Miss America pageant and burning bras.
(b) Faludi states that the media gives little coverage to both issues.
(c) Faludi states that the media gives greater coverage to both issues than they give to the feminist struggle.
(d) Faludi states that the media gives equal coverage to the feminist struggle, protests against the Miss America pageant, and burning bras.

3. An analogy is made between heiress Patricia Hearst and many female characters of the 1980s. Which of the following expresses the comparison?
(a) Carrying a light load in a backpack to symbolize the ease with which committed women face motherhood.
(b) Having two heavy weights in each hand to symbolize the choice between marriage and single womanhood.
(c) Being bound, blindfolded, and lacking identity to symbolize having to flee the office for marriage and motherhood.
(d) No answers are correct.

4. Who does Faludi cite as the most famous feminist to retract her views?
(a) Susan Brownmiller.
(b) Camille Paglia.
(c) Betty Friedan.
(d) Carol Gilligan.

5. Faludi suggests that Western European "social feminists" have a better record with childcare and maternity leave because of which of the following?
(a) The European feminist movement is more effective in attaining its goals.
(b) Postwar European governments must rebuild their populations.
(c) The American feminist movement has been undercut by the backlash.
(d) Europeans are more in tuned with the needs of women.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1 of Backlash, "Myths and Flashbacks" which of the following myths is analyzed?

2. Guess Jeans' advertising campaign is based variously on all the following except:

3. George Gilder writes that family is the ______________ so males denied this are apt to________________.

4. According to Faludi, cosmetic companies try to increase sales by ___________ their products.

5. This author dismisses a young woman's objection about women's role in gathering supplies.

(see the answer key)

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