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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the 1980s the media begins to hail the arrival of a "________ generation."
(a) Anti-feminist.
(b) Anti-gender.
(c) Post-feminist.
(d) Post-gender.

2. Sylvia Ann Hewlett worked at which university?
(a) Barnard College.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) Yeshiva University.
(d) Cornell.

3. The major networks parade tearfully "penitent unwed" women through the media; Faludi highlights examples from all the following networks EXCEPT:
(a) ABC.
(b) CBS.
(c) NBC.
(d) FOX.

4. What is the complete title of the book, Backlash?
(a) Backlash: The Declared War Against American Families.
(b) Backlash: The Declared War Against American Women.
(c) Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Families.
(d) Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women.

5. Which of the following two anti-feminist movies are made into television sitcoms?
(a) Baby Boom and Private Benjamin.
(b) Fatal Attraction and Baby Boom.
(c) Private Benjamin and Fatal Attraction.
(d) No answers are correct.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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:

3. The antiabortion message is championed by which of the following teams?

4. The "Big Lie" joins ____________ to the "dime-store moralism of yesteryear."

5. Faludi asserts that equal attention is given to _______ family size in whites and ________ family size among blacks.

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