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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. According to Faludi, surveys show which of the following types of women ranking highest in mental health?
(a) Mothers.
(b) Professionals.
(c) Students.
(d) Homemakers.

2. All of the following are listed for reasons for newspapers cutting available jobs except:
(a) Falling ad lineage.
(b) Declining circulation.
(c) Unchanging market share.
(d) Mergers.

3. Sociologist Lenore Weitzman suggests that the issue of divorce should be handled by doing all of the following EXCEPT:
(a) Rejecting the "charade" of the old system.
(b) Collecting pre-reform data against which to test her hypothesis.
(c) Focusing on the core question of whether women are better off "protected" or equal.
(d) "Fine-tuning" new divorce laws.

4. In Part 1 of Backlash, "Myths and Flashbacks" which of the following myths is analyzed?
(a) Man Shortages.
(b) Family Upheavals.
(c) Fertility Booms.
(d) Feminist Satisfactions.

5. In 1980 sex discrimination and other kinds of complaints filed before which agency climbs twenty-five to forty percent?
(a) No answers are correct.
(b) NOW.
(c) The EEOC.
(d) The ERA.

Short Answer Questions

1. When making an indictment of 1980s films featuring female jobs, Faludi states that these movies do all of the following except:

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

3. Which 1980s movie is credited for fueling a "monogamy trend" and "reinvigorating marriage"?

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

5. Faludi suggests that movies are used by men to deal with their emotions concerning women. How does she suggest this is done?

(see the answer key)

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