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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. ________ issues more miniskirts and says older women want to feel sexy on the job and ________ agrees: "gals" like to show their legs.
(a) No answers are correct.
(b) John Weitz, Christian Dior.
(c) Bill Blass, Calvin Klein.
(d) Calvin Klein, Christian Lacroix.

2. Which of the following terms was coined as a part of the backlash?
(a) Husband shortage.
(b) Mommy syndrome.
(c) Feminism movement.
(d) Biological clock.

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

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

5. After Reagan's accession to the presidency, Faludi writes that the two political parties do which of the following?
(a) Both stop talking about women's rights.
(b) Both oppose the women's rights movement with equal vigor.
(c) Begin expressing diverging views about women's rights.
(d) Each present separate platforms for advancing women's rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. Select the book that claims that children are worse off when parents divorce.

2. In 1987, what does NBC identify as the possible "yuppie disease of the '80s"?

3. Which of the following two anti-feminist movies are made into television sitcoms?

4. According to Backlash, attacking the feminist movement is accomplished by systematically using which of the following?

5. Faludi notes that rarely do the backlash's "force and furor" become as public as when which of the following occurs?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

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. 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

4. 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?

5. 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.

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

7. 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?

8. Murphy Brown and Roseanne were two characters who were reviled by the backlash according to Faludi. Why were these women disliked so strongly? Also discuss the ways in which the backlash launches their attack of Murphy and Roseanne.

9. 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.

10. The cosmetics industry has a long history of dictating difficult and unhealthy trends for women's bodies. Discuss what physical looks and trends are pushed from the Victorian era through 1970 according to Faludi.

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