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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The author writes that the feminist movement is blamed for all the evil in ________ society.
(a) Futuristic.
(b) Contemporary.
(c) Historical.
(d) Every.

3. British directory/screenwriter James Dearden's screenplay makes the adulterous husband more sympathetic; however, according to Faludi, it was intended to be an exploration of what?
(a) A middle-aged man's fight for monogamy.
(b) The plight of a suburban housewife.
(c) An individual's responsibility for a stranger's suffering.
(d) The family unit and how it can be torn apart.

4. 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?
(a) Census figures showing 1.9 million more never-married men than women.
(b) Women cohabitating at rates twice those of 1970.
(c) Better paid women are more likely to marry.
(d) Unmarried women believing their lives are "as easy" as married friends.

5. Which female executive is quoted as saying she hopes companies can treat "career-and-family women" more leniently than "career-primary" women?
(a) Bonnie Chambers.
(b) Felice Schwartz.
(c) Mary Anne Devanna.
(d) Faith Popcorn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Faludi asserts that under the Reagan administration which of the following are pressured to generate data that fit the war on women's independence?

2. The term "strong-armed into motherhood" is used by Faludi to describe which of the following movies?

3. During the 1980s all the following firsts are accomplished EXCEPT:

4. According to Faludi in Chapter 1, all of the following attack feminists EXCEPT:

5. After Reagan's accession to the presidency, Faludi writes that the two political parties do which of the following?

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