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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Faludi, men's opposition to women's rights and the feminist movement is a source of:
(a) Passivity.
(b) Motivation.
(c) Justification for the struggle.
(d) Resentment and stress.

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

3. When women boo Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York, Faludi sees this as an indication that women want to embrace single womanhood. She says this because of which of the following?
(a) They prefer the ending in the novel in which the author does not feel the need to marry off the single women. They do not like the wedding scenes and prefer more romantic settings.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) They disagree with the ending in the novel in which the author does not feel the need to marry off the single women.
(d) They disagree with the choices of spouses and feel that the writers mismatched the female leads and the men that they marry.

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

5. Faludi states that in 1986, NBC and Cosmopolitan warn women of three side effects of divorce including:
(a) An empty bank account, bitterness, and loneliness.
(b) Loneliness, depression, and childlessness.
(c) Depression, loneliness, and an empty bank account.
(d) Childlessness, bitterness, and financial ruin.

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

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

8. Faludi makes the point that most women who go mad in 1970s films are repressed and neglected housewives. According to the author, these women do all of the following except what?
(a) Turn to male doctors.
(b) Go to other women for advice.
(c) Hear that they should enjoy themselves.
(d) Hear that they should take action and speak up.

9. In 1987, what does NBC identify as the possible "yuppie disease of the '80s"?
(a) Financial competition between husbands and wives.
(b) The surge in infertility.
(c) HIV.
(d) The high divorce rates.

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

11. The author writes that the feminist movement is blamed for all the evil in ________ society.
(a) Futuristic.
(b) Every.
(c) Historical.
(d) Contemporary.

12. Which author publishes a 922-page compendium in which 4,500 women despair about not being treated as equals by mates?
(a) Patricia Craig.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) Dr. Srully Blotnick.
(d) Shere Hite.

13. In coining the term "cocooning," Faith Popcorn was seeking to do what according to Faludi?
(a) Highlight the fact that neither men nor women are placing family time over career advancement.
(b) Support the backlash's efforts to highlight slight changes in women returning to traditional roles.
(c) Show men as being more focused on sacrificing career advancement for family time.
(d) Identify a gender-neutral trend of parents leaving the office for being at home.

14. What is the theme of Chapter 8, "Beauty and the Backlash"?
(a) No answers are correct.
(b) How the cosmetics industry and plastic surgery complete the "cultural undertow" of the 1980s backlash.
(c) The strategies used by cosmetic companies to convince women they must wear makeup to appeal to men and look professional in the workplace.
(d) The way in which cosmetics and diet fads are used to subjugate women.

15. Faludi asserts that the decade's only real infertility epidemic is among young _____ women and is caused largely by the failure to treat ______ early on.
(a) White, herpes.
(b) Black, chlamydia.
(c) White, HPV.
(d) Black, gonorrhea.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Faludi, thirty years of data show that men suffer __________ __________ than do women.

3. According to Backlash, career women are warned that their choice to delay pregnancy and childbirth are resulting in which of the following?

4. How does Women's Wear Daily serve the feminist movement and the fashion industry?

5. What are the findings of the 1987 survey conducted by Fortune magazine on the issue of "bailing out," the term used to describe female MBA students opting for less demanding careers to concentrate on marriage and family?

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