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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose design house loses $9.3 million in 1989?
(a) John Weitz.
(b) Christian Dior.
(c) Christian Lacroix.
(d) Calvin Klein.

2. In the book Backlash, attackers of the feminist movement are described as working to put women back in their "proper" place _________________ and __________.
(a) Morally, ethnologically.
(b) Physiologically, emotionally.
(c) Psychologically, physically.
(d) Relationally, traditionally.

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

4. All of the following are researchers on the Harvard-Yale marriage study EXCEPT:
(a) Neil Bennett.
(b) Patricia Craig.
(c) David Bloom.
(d) Jeanne Moorman.

5. Which of the following magazines uses the Harvard-Yale study to sell minis?
(a) Women's Wear Daily.
(b) Women's Day.
(c) Mademoiselle.
(d) Newsweek.

6. When making an indictment of 1980s films featuring female jobs, Faludi states that these movies do all of the following except:
(a) Show female jobs as tedious and supportive of male enterprises.
(b) Fail to indict a demoralizing marketplace.
(c) Showing why women are better off staying home.
(d) Show women as recognizing the sacrifices of being working women, but highly satisfied with their choices.

7. Newsweek uses the metaphor that women are "______ ________ to be killed by a terrorist" than to _________.
(a) Less likely, divorce.
(b) Less likely, marry.
(c) More likely, marry.
(d) More likely, divorce.

8. According to Backlash, career women are warned that their choice to delay pregnancy and childbirth are resulting in which of the following?
(a) Endometriosis.
(b) Greater abortion rates.
(c) Higher incidents of birth defects.
(d) Higher miscarriage rates.

9. Which of the following terms was coined as a part of the backlash?
(a) Husband shortage.
(b) Mommy syndrome.
(c) Biological clock.
(d) Feminism movement.

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

11. Retin-A is approved by the FDA to treat _____________ and is eventually marketed to treat ________.
(a) Acne, acne.
(b) Wrinkles, wrinkles.
(c) Acne, wrinkles.
(d) Wrinkles, acne.

12. In 1988, Robert Filoso defines the "New Generation" of female beauty with mannequins that are:
(a) Flawless, slender, and shorter.
(b) Taller, more slender, and poutier.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Flawless, shorter, bustier, and wasp-waisted.

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

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

15. How does Women's Wear Daily serve the feminist movement and the fashion industry?
(a) It tries unsuccessfully to convince women to buy into overly feminine and exploitive clothing to work; male fashion designers attempt to fight against the trend, but this is what women want to buy.
(b) It tries unsuccessfully to convince women to buy into overly feminine and exploitive clothing to work, male fashion designers create these clothing lines and women do not buy the attire.
(c) It convinces women to buy into overly feminine and exploitive clothing to work; male fashion designers attempt to fight against the trend, but this is what women want to buy.
(d) It convinces women to buy into overly feminine and exploitive clothing to work; male fashion designers create these clothing lines and women buy the attire.

Short Answer 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?

2. After Reagan's accession to the presidency, Faludi writes that the two political parties do which of the following?

3. By questioning whether the "backlash" is a new phenomenon, some social observers admit that there has been:

4. Faludi asserts that a major objective of the attack on feminism is the desire to:

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

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