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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 states that which of the following is less harmful to women than other forms of plastic surgery?
(a) Tummy tucks.
(b) Liposuction.
(c) Breast implants.
(d) None of the above.

2. The backlash seeks to divide and conquer by pitting women against each other. Faludi describes all of the following battle lines EXCEPT:
(a) Working versus homemakers.
(b) Young versus old.
(c) Affluent versus working poor.
(d) Single versus married.

3. 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 _____________.
(a) Self-destructive.
(b) Masochistic.
(c) Misogynistic.
(d) All answers are correct.

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

5. Television assaults the women's movement less than Hollywood movies; Faludi states that this is because of what factor?
(a) Hollywood movies have greater budgets and more freedom with their creativity.
(b) Women are a majority of viewers and are advertisers' prime target.
(c) There are more women executives in the television industry who support the women's movement.
(d) Television producers do not wish to tackle these issues through on-screen programming.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Medical journals define codependency as individuals doing which of the following?

3. In the 1980s, Faludi makes the point that women are marginalized and can ask for childcare and parental leave only if they forego seeking all of the following except:

4. Guess Jeans' advertising campaign is based variously on all the following except:

5. Which researcher finds no statistically significant difference in how the sexes reason morally in nineteen Kohlberg studies?

(see the answer key)

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