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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. ________ issues more miniskirts and says older women want to feel sexy on the job and ________ agrees: "gals" like to show their legs.
(a) Bill Blass, Calvin Klein.
(b) Calvin Klein, Christian Lacroix.
(c) No answers are correct.
(d) John Weitz, Christian Dior.

2. Who does Faludi cite as the most famous feminist to retract her views?
(a) Susan Brownmiller.
(b) Betty Friedan.
(c) Carol Gilligan.
(d) Camille Paglia.

3. George Gilder, a Reagan speechwriter, states that the women's movement does all of the following EXCEPT:
(a) Supports male misogyny.
(b) Champions social welfare programs.
(c) Encourages women to work.
(d) Allows women to survive without husbands.

4. Select the book that claims that children are worse off when parents divorce.
(a) Parents Choices.
(b) Second Chance.
(c) After Divorce.
(d) The Little Ones.

5. The federal "reductions in force" hit women over which level twice as badly as men?
(a) G.S. 9.
(b) G.S. 5.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) G.S. 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose design house loses $9.3 million in 1989?

2. Why does Faludi believe Warren Farrell's loses his enthusiasm for the feminist movement?

3. Grant concludes that women's liberation is a set of "big lies" that lead to all of the following EXCEPT:

4. As the health care industry continues to convince women they need medical attention, the market increases for which of these services?

5. In 1987, what does NBC identify as the possible "yuppie disease of the '80s"?

(see the answer key)

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