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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. The major networks parade tearfully "penitent unwed" women through the media; Faludi highlights examples from all the following networks EXCEPT:
(a) FOX.
(b) ABC.
(c) NBC.
(d) CBS.

2. According to Backlash, attacking the feminist movement is accomplished by systematically using which of the following?
(a) Grassroots movements of husbands and fathers.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) Popular culture.
(d) Research on children's opinions.

3. Faludi notes that after Reagan becomes president, which of the following are among the political victims?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) The Office of Domestic Violence.
(c) The Equal Rights Amendment.
(d) The Vice President.

4. 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) American Right's.
(c) National Anti-Feminist Movement.
(d) New Right's.

5. Women become a majority of the electorate in 1984. In 1986 how do they influence national politics?
(a) No answers are correct.
(b) They return the Senate to the Democrats.
(c) They select Geraldine Ferraro for Vice-President.
(d) They elect a Democratic President.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which book shows Reagan's influence in criticizing the welfare state and pushing volunteerism and individual responsibility?

2. In 1988, Robert Filoso defines the "New Generation" of female beauty with mannequins that are:

3. Which of the following magazines uses the Harvard-Yale study to sell minis?

4. According to Faludi what was one of the radical suggestions made by Franham and Lundberg's Modern Women?

5. A book claims that during the first year after divorce, a woman's standard of living declines by seventy-three percent while a man's increases by forty-seven percent. This claim is challenged by economists Saul Hoffman and Greg Duncan who have found which of the following statistics over twenty years?

(see the answer key)

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