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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. In the late 1980s, circulation of traditional women's magazines is down sharply with Good Housekeeping the worst off and Working Woman the best off. To what does Faludi attribute the relative success of Working Woman?
(a) Working Woman has a better system of distribution.
(b) Surveys show that Working Woman has many more loyal readers.
(c) The magazine is concentrating on career women's needs.
(d) Executives at Working Woman focus on traditional female roles, which is what readers want.

2. During the 1980s all the following firsts are accomplished EXCEPT:
(a) Women outnumber men in college attendance.
(b) Women outnumber men on unemployment lines.
(c) Women outnumber men in total jobs.
(d) The U.S. Census stops defining head of household as the husband.

3. Faludi claims that Robin Norwood stops making speeches, divorces, and withdraws into a "shell-like existence" after which of the following events?
(a) She is unable to command large crowds at events.
(b) She finds that her recovery by marrying the "right" man is short-lived.
(c) She claims that she is unable to escape the feminist movement.
(d) She realizes she is unable to have a baby.

4. 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) Show preferential treatment to women in meetings.
(b) Demote men while promoting women.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Blame affirmative action when rejecting male applicants.

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) In the 1970s.
(c) During World War I.
(d) The 1920s and 1930s.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Angels 88 screenwriter Brad Markowitz has been ordered to do all of the following except:

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

3. All of the following are listed for reasons for newspapers cutting available jobs except:

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

5. Faludi notes that after Reagan becomes president, which of the following are among the political victims?

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