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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fatal and Fetal Visions deals with how the_________ serve the backlash.
(a) Magazines.
(b) Movies.
(c) Television.
(d) Newspapers.

2. Which organization's findings do not support the idea of a "baby boomlet" among career women?
(a) Census Bureau data.
(b) Annual surveys by professional organizations.
(c) Time magazine research.
(d) No answers are correct.

3. Which of the following magazines uses the Harvard-Yale study to sell minis?
(a) Women's Wear Daily.
(b) Mademoiselle.
(c) Newsweek.
(d) Women's Day.

4. Victoria Secret was intended to be the:
(a) Retail store to provide real intimate attire for real women.
(b) Type of store where couples could purchase intimate attire for dress-up fantasies.
(c) Store where women could buy lingerie without the interruptions of men.
(d) Disneyland version of a 19th-century lady's dressing room.

5. Backlash is written in which decade?
(a) 1970s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1950s.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Faludi notes that rarely do the backlash's "force and furor" become as public as when which of the following occurs?

4. ________ issues more miniskirts and says older women want to feel sexy on the job and ________ agrees: "gals" like to show their legs.

5. When making an indictment of 1980s films featuring female jobs, Faludi states that these movies do all of the following except:

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