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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Part 3, "Origins of a Reaction: Backlash Movers, Shakers, and Thinkers," begins by looking at "The Politics of Resentment: The ___________ War on Women."
(a) Christian Right's.
(b) New Right's.
(c) American Right's.
(d) National Anti-Feminist Movement.

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

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

4. Faludi notes that rarely do the backlash's "force and furor" become as public as when which of the following occurs?
(a) When women's clinics are firebombed.
(b) When women's clinics are awarded additional funding.
(c) When prominent politicians deliver speeches against feminism.
(d) When women's clinics are shut down due to systematic lobbying efforts.

5. When women boo Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York, Faludi sees this as an indication that women want to embrace single womanhood. She says this because of which of the following?
(a) They disagree with the choices of spouses and feel that the writers mismatched the female leads and the men that they marry.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) They disagree with the ending in the novel in which the author does not feel the need to marry off the single women.
(d) They prefer the ending in the novel in which the author does not feel the need to marry off the single women. They do not like the wedding scenes and prefer more romantic settings.

Short Answer Questions

1. ***Poet Robert Bly speaks to mostly all-male audiences about healthier views of masculinity in the time of all of the following EXCEPT:

2. Who does Faludi cite as the most famous feminist to retract her views?

3. Select the book that claims that children are worse off when parents divorce.

4. This fragrance initially "celebrates women's liberation" but eventually ran campaigns in which under-aged models were used.

5. Which of the following occur following Reagan's second term in office?

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