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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. The "Big Lie" joins ____________ to the "dime-store moralism of yesteryear."
(a) Legal maneuvering.
(b) Religious dogmatism.
(c) Scientific research.
(d) Undercover journalism.

2. According to Faludi, men's opposition to women's rights and the feminist movement is a source of:
(a) Resentment and stress.
(b) Motivation.
(c) Passivity.
(d) Justification for the struggle.

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

4. During the 1980s all the following firsts are accomplished EXCEPT:
(a) The U.S. Census stops defining head of household as the husband.
(b) Women outnumber men in total jobs.
(c) Women outnumber men on unemployment lines.
(d) Women outnumber men in college attendance.

5. By questioning whether the "backlash" is a new phenomenon, some social observers admit that there has been:
(a) Long-standing resistance to women's rights.
(b) An undercurrent of resentment against working fathers.
(c) Long-standing support for women's rights.
(d) A culture of support for working mothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In coining the term "cocooning," Faith Popcorn was seeking to do what according to Faludi?

2. According to Backlash, career women are warned that their choice to delay pregnancy and childbirth are resulting in which of the following?

3. What outlet first declares that women's chances of conceiving drops not after age forty but after thirty?

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

5. What three relationship trends increased in the 1950s?

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