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

2. The chapter "Teen Angels and Unwed Witches" turns to which of the following media?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) Movies.
(c) Magazines.
(d) Television.

3. According to Faludi, thirty years of data show that men suffer __________ __________ than do women.
(a) More psychologically.
(b) More physically.
(c) Less physically.
(d) Less psychologically.

4. 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) It finds a tiny gender gap--with more men than women putting family over professional advancement.
(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 women than men putting family over professional advancement.
(d) No answers are correct.

5. Which book blames women for depleting men of "vim and vigor"?
(a) Feminism and Freedom.
(b) Wealth and Poverty.
(c) Ripon Forum.
(d) The Closing of the American Mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Newsweek uses the metaphor that women are "______ ________ to be killed by a terrorist" than to _________.

2. Retin-A is approved by the FDA to treat _____________ and is eventually marketed to treat ________.

3. This fragrance initially "celebrates women's liberation" but eventually ran campaigns in which under-aged models were used.

4. Advertisers tell women career success is harming their complexions and causing all of the following except:

5. According to Backlash, the press uses the Harvard-Yale study to scare women into marrying "just to beat the 'odds'." At the same time, they overlook which of the following types of data?

(see the answer key)

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