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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. All of the following are researchers on the Harvard-Yale marriage study EXCEPT:
(a) Neil Bennett.
(b) Patricia Craig.
(c) David Bloom.
(d) Jeanne Moorman.

2. 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) 2.2 percent.
(c) 0.2 percent.
(d) 20 percent.

3. Whose design house loses $9.3 million in 1989?
(a) Christian Lacroix.
(b) Calvin Klein.
(c) John Weitz.
(d) Christian Dior.

4. 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) Executives at Working Woman focus on traditional female roles, which is what readers want.
(b) Surveys show that Working Woman has many more loyal readers.
(c) The magazine is concentrating on career women's needs.
(d) Working Woman has a better system of distribution.

5. Fatal and Fetal Visions deals with how the_________ serve the backlash.
(a) Magazines.
(b) Movies.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Television.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following magazines uses the Harvard-Yale study to sell minis?

2. When making an indictment of 1980s films featuring female jobs, Faludi states that these movies do all of the following except:

3. An analogy is made between heiress Patricia Hearst and many female characters of the 1980s. Which of the following expresses the comparison?

4. When women boo Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York, Faludi sees this as an indication that women want to embrace single womanhood. She says this because of which of the following?

5. In her timeline of women's cosmetic trends, Faludi states that the bright, healthy, athletic look is popular in which era?

(see the answer key)

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