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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The term "strong-armed into motherhood" is used by Faludi to describe which of the following movies?
(a) Baby Boom.
(b) Broadcast News.
(c) Crossing Delancey.
(d) Fatal Attraction.

2. Which of the following network replacements is not accurate?
(a) Kathleen Sullivan is replaced by Jane Pauley.
(b) Deborah Norville is replaced by Katie Couric.
(c) Jane Pauley is replaced by Deborah Norville.
(d) Kathleen Sullivan is replaced by Paula Zahn.

3. All of the following occur in 1989 except:
(a) Restrictive abortion laws are repealed.
(b) Pro-choice candidates are elected governors.
(c) The ERA is finally passed.
(d) Pro-choice candidates are placed in congressional chairs.

4. According to Faludi, the 1980s are awash with books about women's special virtues of:
(a) Contextual thinking.
(b) Caring.
(c) All of the Above.
(d) Nurturing.

5. What outlet first declares that women's chances of conceiving drops not after age forty but after thirty?
(a) The New England Journal of Medicine.
(b) U.S. Census Bureau.
(c) U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.
(d) French researchers Schwartz and Mayaux.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following claims to be the "media's number one psychologist," broadcasting live, nationwide, from Los Angeles?

2. Faludi suggests that women change the minds of individual men when they do which of the following?

3. ________ issues more miniskirts and says older women want to feel sexy on the job and ________ agrees: "gals" like to show their legs.

4. After the pop media launches its assault on single womanhood and increasing divorce numbers, what does Faludi quote as the percent drop in divorce rates?

5. Surveys show that an overwhelming majority of women feel there is still a need for all of the following EXCEPT:

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