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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. 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) Murphy Brown.
(b) Mae West.
(c) Roseanne Barr.
(d) Glenn Close.

2. Retin-A is approved by the FDA to treat _____________ and is eventually marketed to treat ________.
(a) Wrinkles, wrinkles.
(b) Acne, wrinkles.
(c) Acne, acne.
(d) Wrinkles, acne.

3. Faludi asserts that under the Reagan administration which of the following are pressured to generate data that fit the war on women's independence?
(a) U.S. Census Bureau demographers.
(b) University researchers.
(c) Media organizations receiving federal grants.
(d) U.S. Department of Education statisticians.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Part 2 of the book The Backlash in Popular Culture looks at trends in all the following media EXCEPT:

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

3. How does the Faludi describe the media's treatment of protests against the Miss America pageant and burning bras?

4. Another blow to the feminist movement comes when the Supreme Court moves towards which of the following actions?

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

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