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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. Which of the following network replacements is not accurate?
(a) Kathleen Sullivan is replaced by Paula Zahn.
(b) Deborah Norville is replaced by Katie Couric.
(c) Jane Pauley is replaced by Deborah Norville.
(d) Kathleen Sullivan is replaced by Jane Pauley.

2. According to Toni Grant, self-assertion for women is abnormal and relinquishing control is naturally feminine. Therefore, when women attempt to control their own destiny they are in fact showing that they are _____________.
(a) Misogynistic.
(b) Self-destructive.
(c) Masochistic.
(d) All answers are correct.

3. According to Faludi, rather than helping women to overcome the problems with misogyny, the book If I'm So Wonderful, Why Am I Still Single? suggests that women can be happy only if they do all of the following EXCEPT:
(a) Strive to be self-fulfilled.
(b) Stop trying to make men change.
(c) Learn to compromise.
(d) Postpone careers until children are grown.

4. According to Faludi, how are female characters treated in morality tales?
(a) Good mothers win, and single women are always envious of those in traditional roles.
(b) Good mothers win, and independent women are punished.
(c) Women are not judged according to their lifestyle choices.
(d) Good mothers are punished, and independent women win.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Backlash is written in which decade?

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

3. Beverly LaHaye founds Concerned Women for America (CWA); her husband Tim LaHaye is co-founder of which organization?

4. What is the theme of Chapter 8, "Beauty and the Backlash"?

5. Paul Weyrich is defined by Faludi as all the following EXCEPT:

(see the answer key)

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