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

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

3. Faludi makes the point that most women who go mad in 1970s films are repressed and neglected housewives. According to the author, these women do all of the following except what?
(a) Hear that they should enjoy themselves.
(b) Turn to male doctors.
(c) Go to other women for advice.
(d) Hear that they should take action and speak up.

4. Which of the following women is cited in the book as being consistently shut out of the Emmys, disapproved of in public by George Bush, and having a nationwide club formed just to hate and revile her?
(a) Glenn Close.
(b) Murphy Brown.
(c) Mae West.
(d) Roseanne Barr.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which 1980s movie is credited for fueling a "monogamy trend" and "reinvigorating marriage"?

2. Backlash is written in which decade?

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

4. Surveys show that an overwhelming majority of women feel there is still a need for all of the following EXCEPT:

5. Faludi asserts that equal attention is given to _______ family size in whites and ________ family size among blacks.

(see the answer key)

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