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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Faludi makes the point that most women who go mad in 1970s films are repressed and neglected housewives. According to the author, these women do all of the following except what?
(a) Turn to male doctors.
(b) Go to other women for advice.
(c) Hear that they should take action and speak up.
(d) Hear that they should enjoy themselves.

2. According to Faludi, male crews comment that there are "too many women" on the job. This is reinforced by management's tendency to which of the following?
(a) Blame affirmative action when rejecting male applicants.
(b) Demote men while promoting women.
(c) Show preferential treatment to women in meetings.
(d) All answers are correct.

3. Which book provides the "devastating" statistics that there is a seventy-three percent decline in a woman's standard of living during the first year after divorce versus a man's forty-seven percent increase?
(a) The Force of Divorce.
(b) The Divorce Generation.
(c) When Divorce Happens.
(d) The Divorce Revolution.

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

5. In her timeline of women's cosmetic trends, Faludi states that the bright, healthy, athletic look is popular in which era?
(a) The 1910s and 1920s.
(b) During World War I.
(c) In the 1970s.
(d) The 1920s and 1930s.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Faludi, surveys show which of the following types of women ranking highest in mental health?

2. What is the complete title of the book, Backlash?

3. According to Backlash, attacking the feminist movement is accomplished by systematically using which of the following?

4. According to Toni Grant, self-assertion for women is abnormal and relinquishing control is naturally feminine. Therefore, when women attempt to control their own destiny they are in fact showing that they are _____________.

5. Grant claims that Gilligan's In a Different Voice teaches her that the "______________" is the essence of being a woman.

(see the answer key)

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