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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. According to Faludi, thirty years of data show that men suffer __________ __________ than do women.
(a) More physically.
(b) Less physically.
(c) Less psychologically.
(d) More psychologically.

2. A book claims that during the first year after divorce, a woman's standard of living declines by seventy-three percent while a man's increases by forty-seven percent. This claim is challenged by economists Saul Hoffman and Greg Duncan who have found which of the following statistics over twenty years?
(a) A twenty percent first-year decline for both men and women.
(b) A twenty five percent first-year rise for men.
(c) A thirty percent first-year decline for women.
(d) A three to five percent first-year rise for men.

3. What are the findings of the 1987 survey conducted by Fortune magazine on the issue of "bailing out," the term used to describe female MBA students opting for less demanding careers to concentrate on marriage and family?
(a) It finds a tiny gender gap--with more men than women putting family over professional advancement.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) It finds no gender gap--both men and women are putting family over professional advancement.
(d) It finds a tiny gender gap--with more women than men putting family over professional advancement.

4. Which of the following magazines uses the Harvard-Yale study to sell minis?
(a) Women's Day.
(b) Mademoiselle.
(c) Newsweek.
(d) Women's Wear Daily.

5. Select the magazine that Faludi praises for using federal statistics to accurately portray the career choices of women.
(a) No answers are correct.
(b) Esquire.
(c) Newsweek.
(d) Fortune.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Newsweek uses the metaphor that women are "______ ________ to be killed by a terrorist" than to _________.

3. Television assaults the women's movement less than Hollywood movies; Faludi states that this is because of what factor?

4. _________ and ________, two demographers at the Census Bureau, re-run the Harvard-Yale study using 1980 data and find a major flaw in the study and its calculations.

5. During the 1980s all the following firsts are accomplished EXCEPT:

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Dr. Robert Harvey and why is he discussed in the chapter on the cosmetic industry?

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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.

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