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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. Why do politicians, journalists, and business leaders claim that women need no more help advancing?
(a) They have come of age.
(b) They have returned to traditional roles.
(c) They have surpassed men in their accomplishments.
(d) They are in the infancy of their independence.

2. According to Backlash, the press uses the Harvard-Yale study to scare women into marrying "just to beat the 'odds'." At the same time, they overlook which of the following types of data?
(a) Women cohabitating at rates twice those of 1970.
(b) Unmarried women believing their lives are "as easy" as married friends.
(c) Better paid women are more likely to marry.
(d) Census figures showing 1.9 million more never-married men than women.

3. Who casts his wife in the demeaning role of an unsmiling female doctor who clutches her book about obsession and compulsion?
(a) Michael Douglas.
(b) James Dearden.
(c) Adrian Lyne.
(d) David Mamet.

4. According to Faludi, cosmetic companies try to increase sales by ___________ their products.
(a) Medicalizing.
(b) Reducing.
(c) Cleaning up.
(d) Augmenting.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In her timeline of women's cosmetic trends, Faludi states that the bright, healthy, athletic look is popular in which era?

5. Fatal and Fetal Visions deals with how the_________ serve the backlash.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the implications of the findings that a divorce may not have as lasting a financial impact on women and that men are more likely to suffer greater psychological impact than women following a divorce?

2. According to survey responses, women believe they need equal pay, the right to abortions, and decent childcare. Discuss how reforms in those areas would impact women's lives.

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

4. The CBS hit show Cagney and Lacey deals with the serious issue of the unmarried character, Cagney, becoming pregnant. Summarize Faludi's perspective on the manner in which this issue is resolved?

5. In chapter 7 of the book, why does Faludi write that retailers use the word "choice" to make their sales pitches "sound feminist"?

6. Chronicle the evolution of Ms. magazine in the 1980s.

7. Select at least three media outlets and discuss how they work with the backlash to use relationship "scare tactics" to fight against the feminist movement.

8. On the issue of women's liberation and equality, compare the perspective of politicians, journalists, and business leaders versus those of women.

9. The New Right attempts to denounce day care; however, what does the evidence and data suggest?

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

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