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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following women bets a male reporter that she will marry by forty?
(a) Elia Kazan.
(b) Patsy Howell.
(c) Cecelia Gouge.
(d) Diane Doe.

2. British directory/screenwriter James Dearden's screenplay makes the adulterous husband more sympathetic; however, according to Faludi, it was intended to be an exploration of what?
(a) The family unit and how it can be torn apart.
(b) The plight of a suburban housewife.
(c) A middle-aged man's fight for monogamy.
(d) An individual's responsibility for a stranger's suffering.

3. Women send positive letters after the heroine walks away from the altar in which movie?
(a) Flashdance.
(b) The Graduate.
(c) Private Benjamin.
(d) Fatal Attraction.

4. Surveys show that an overwhelming majority of women feel there is still a need for all of the following EXCEPT:
(a) The right to abortions.
(b) Child-rearing courses.
(c) Decent childcare.
(d) An Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).

5. 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) Hear that they should enjoy themselves.
(b) Hear that they should take action and speak up.
(c) Turn to male doctors.
(d) Go to other women for advice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms was coined as a part of the backlash?

2. Why do politicians, journalists, and business leaders claim that women need no more help advancing?

3. As the health care industry continues to convince women they need medical attention, the market increases for which of these services?

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

5. In 1988, Robert Filoso defines the "New Generation" of female beauty with mannequins that are:

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss three instances in which Faludi uses personification in her description of the backlash.

2. In the book, Faludi highlights the following three shows: All in the Family, Maude, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Explain what point Faludi makes by highlighting these three shows.

3. Contrast the media's transition from applauding "brave" relationship choices in the 1970s to the position the media outlets took to address this issue in the 1980s.

4. In your opinion, why do you believe that society markets marriage and children to women much more than to men?

5. Discuss how the backlash uses the technique of divide and conquer. Analyze how each of the following pairs of women can be pitted against each other: single versus married, working versus homemakers, and affluent versus working poor.

6. In a survey of men, it was found that only a small percentage truly supported equality for women. Identify two reasons why men would support equality for women and two reasons why they would not support this initiative.

7. Identify three reasons why a periodical such as The New England Journal of Medicine would publish flawed data concerning fertility rates of young women.

8. During the 1988 television season, many female characters joke about being like June Cleaver. What point are they making by claiming this analogy?

9. Briefly explain the series of events that occur after the New York Times announces a "back-to-the-home trend" in 1980 based on six Ivy League undergraduates.

10. Discuss the implications of the misinformation perpetuated by the Harvard study.

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