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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The federal "reductions in force" hit women over which level twice as badly as men?
(a) G.S. 9.
(b) G.S. 11.
(c) G.S. 5.
(d) All answers are correct.

2. 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) Censoring of birth control information.
(d) All answers are correct.

3. Part 3, "Origins of a Reaction: Backlash Movers, Shakers, and Thinkers," begins by looking at "The Politics of Resentment: The ___________ War on Women."
(a) New Right's.
(b) Christian Right's.
(c) American Right's.
(d) National Anti-Feminist Movement.

4. How does Women's Wear Daily serve the feminist movement and the fashion industry?
(a) It convinces women to buy into overly feminine and exploitive clothing to work; male fashion designers attempt to fight against the trend, but this is what women want to buy.
(b) It tries unsuccessfully to convince women to buy into overly feminine and exploitive clothing to work; male fashion designers attempt to fight against the trend, but this is what women want to buy.
(c) It tries unsuccessfully to convince women to buy into overly feminine and exploitive clothing to work, male fashion designers create these clothing lines and women do not buy the attire.
(d) It convinces women to buy into overly feminine and exploitive clothing to work; male fashion designers create these clothing lines and women buy the attire.

5. Who was the author of the book, Closed: 99 Ways to Stop Abortion?
(a) Randall Terry.
(b) Emmet Sullivan.
(c) John Willke.
(d) Joseph Scheidler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fatal and Fetal Visions deals with how the_________ serve the backlash.

2. The major networks parade tearfully "penitent unwed" women through the media; Faludi highlights examples from all the following networks EXCEPT:

3. Which of the following women bets a male reporter that she will marry by forty?

4. Yankelovich Monitor surveys find that "masculinity" is often defined as a man being a "good provider." This has negative implications for which of the following aspects of the feminist movement?

5. The book backlash claims that which of the following is true?

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