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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Faludi, rather than helping women to overcome the problems with misogyny, the book If I'm So Wonderful, Why Am I Still Single? suggests that women can be happy only if they do all of the following EXCEPT:
(a) Learn to compromise.
(b) Stop trying to make men change.
(c) Postpone careers until children are grown.
(d) Strive to be self-fulfilled.

2. Why does Faludi believe Warren Farrell's loses his enthusiasm for the feminist movement?
(a) Women are unhappy that he is a spokesman for the movement.
(b) Feminism is fading in the media.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) He is tired of defending his position.

3. Which researcher finds no statistically significant difference in how the sexes reason morally in nineteen Kohlberg studies?
(a) Carol Gilligan.
(b) Lawrence Walker.
(c) Susan Brownmiller.
(d) Zella Luria.

4. Women Who Love Too Much: When You Keep Wishing and Hoping He'll Change is written by which of the following authors?
(a) Toni Grant.
(b) Robin Norwood.
(c) Karen Horney.
(d) Teresa Bernardez.

5. Which of the following women is a Harvard-educated lawyer and author of nine books who twice runs for Congress?
(a) Phyllis Schlafly.
(b) Faith Whittlesey.
(c) Beverly LaHaye.
(d) Connaught ("Connie") Marshner.

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

7. What is the purpose of the Hyde amendment?
(a) To require a husband's consent prior to an abortion.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) To block federal funding of abortions.
(d) To end legalized abortion.

8. What is Carol Gilligan's criticism of Lawrence Kohlberg's six-stage ladder?
(a) Education and class are what actually determines moral judgement.
(b) It is skewed to male bases for moral judgments.
(c) The samples used are not sufficiently representative.
(d) The data does not support the anti-feminist conclusions he made.

9. In 1988, at every level, writes Faludi, women candidates above the state legislature are at record low numbers and those who run generally lose. What does Faludi blame for this trend?
(a) The hard-nosed tactics used by the press against any woman candidate.
(b) The "public drubbing" of Geraldine Ferraro.
(c) The anti-activist agenda pushed by Charlene Heatherly.
(d) All answers are correct.

10. Paul Weyrich is defined by Faludi as all the following EXCEPT:
(a) Founder of the Heritage Foundation.
(b) The "Father of the New Right."
(c) Considering feminism as a dead issue.
(d) Viewing women's liberation as a dangerous lie.

11. Which of the following claims to be the "media's number one psychologist," broadcasting live, nationwide, from Los Angeles?
(a) Toni Grant.
(b) Robin Norwood.
(c) Karen Horney.
(d) Teresa Bernardez.

12. Women become a majority of the electorate in 1984. In 1986 how do they influence national politics?
(a) No answers are correct.
(b) They elect a Democratic President.
(c) They return the Senate to the Democrats.
(d) They select Geraldine Ferraro for Vice-President.

13. Which backlash proponent calls himself "America's Number-One Anti-feminist"?
(a) Michael Levin
(b) George Gilder.
(c) Warren Farrell.
(d) Allan Bloom.

14. Smart Women/Foolish Choices and Women Men Love/Women Men Leave are written by which of the following two authors?
(a) Kinder Melvin and Cowan Connell.
(b) Melvin Kinder and Connell Cowan.
(c) Melvin Cowan and Connell Kinder.
(d) Kinder Connell and Melvin Cowan.

15. In 1984, who is the highest-placed woman in the New Right?
(a) Connaught ("Connie") Marshner.
(b) Beverly LaHaye.
(c) Phyllis Schlafly.
(d) Faith Whittlesey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Faludi cite as the most famous feminist to retract her views?

2. The co-directors of which of the following organizations declare themselves "the psychological arm of the women's movement"?

3. 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?

4. The book backlash claims that which of the following is true?

5. According to Toni Grant, self-assertion for women is abnormal and relinquishing control is naturally feminine. Therefore, when women attempt to control their own destiny they are in fact showing that they are _____________.

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