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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. Faludi notes that after Reagan becomes president, which of the following are among the political victims?
(a) The Equal Rights Amendment.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) The Vice President.
(d) The Office of Domestic Violence.

2. In her timeline of women's cosmetic trends, Faludi states that the bright, healthy, athletic look is popular in which era?
(a) The 1920s and 1930s.
(b) In the 1970s.
(c) During World War I.
(d) The 1910s and 1920s.

3. Which organization's findings do not support the idea of a "baby boomlet" among career women?
(a) No answers are correct.
(b) Census Bureau data.
(c) Annual surveys by professional organizations.
(d) Time magazine research.

4. Guess Jeans' advertising campaign is based variously on all the following except:
(a) Elia Kazan's Baby Doll.
(b) Thirty-Something.
(c) Fellini's La Dolce Vita.
(d) Fatal Attraction.

5. 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) Shere Hite.
(c) Dr. Srully Blotnick.
(d) No answers are correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. Another blow to the feminist movement comes when the Supreme Court moves towards which of the following actions?

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

3. What is the complete title of the book, Backlash?

4. Sociologist Lenore Weitzman suggests that the issue of divorce should be handled by doing all of the following EXCEPT:

5. When making an indictment of 1980s films featuring female jobs, Faludi states that these movies do all of the following except:

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What role does Women's Wear Daily play between the fashion industry and the feminist movement?

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. 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.

5. Summarize three ways in which Felice Schwartz affects the feminist movement.

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

7. Several doctors are discussed in Chapter 8 of the book. Faludi writes about the ways in which they help the backlash and use their credentials to sponsor cosmetic products. Name at least one of these doctors and describe his or her role in the backlash by the cosmetics industry.

8. Recount the stages of the "Intimate Apparel Explosion" as written by Faludi. In your account, include the names of at least four individuals and/or companies

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

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

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